The Flower, the Leaf, and Philippa of Lancaster

Author / Editor
Coleman, Joyce.

Title
The Flower, the Leaf, and Philippa of Lancaster

Published
Carolyn P. Collette, ed. The Legend of Good Women: Context and Reception (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2006), pp. 33-58.

Description
Coleman surveys the betrothals, marriage, and literary patronage of Philippa of Lancaster, suggesting that she may have given Chaucer a copy of Deschamps's "Ballade 765," which may have helped to inspire Chaucer's interest in flower and leaf debates that underlie LGWP. Includes a text and translation of Deschamps's ballade.

Alternative Title
Legend of Good Women: Context and Reception.

Chaucer Subjects
Legend of Good Women.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.
Chaucer's Life.