Sovereignty Through the Lady: 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' and the Queenship of Anne of Bohemia
- Author / Editor
- Biebel-Stanley, Elizabeth M.
Sovereignty Through the Lady: 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' and the Queenship of Anne of Bohemia
- Published
- S. Elizabeth Passmore and Susan Carter, eds. The English "Loathly Lady" Tales: Boundaries, Traditions, Motifs (Kalamazoo, Mich.: Medieval Institute Publications, 2007), pp. 73-82.
- Description
- Rooted in Irish analogues, the sovereignty theme is anchored in the queen figure in WBT. The theme reflects "women's integral role in governance," a "wishful vision of a movement toward more egalitarian society," and Anne of Bohemia's role in the court of Richard II.
- Alternative Title
- English Loathly Lady Tales: Boundaries, Traditions, Motifs.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.