Which Bible Did Chaucer Use? The Biblical Tragedies in the Monk's Tale
- Author / Editor
- Holton, Amanda.
Which Bible Did Chaucer Use? The Biblical Tragedies in the Monk's Tale
- Published
- N&Q 253 (2008): 13-17.
- Description
- The Vulgate's sheer availability offers compelling evidence that Chaucer used the Vulgate Bible, while faint lexical echoes of the "Bible historiale" suggest ancillary use of the "historiale." The Wycliffite Bible's candidacy may be ruled out on a number of grounds, most persuasively its late date.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Monk and His Tale
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations