Merchants and the Medieval Mirror

Author / Editor
Kraft, Damon.

Title
Merchants and the Medieval Mirror

Physical Description
Online Ph.D. dissertation; University of Missouri-Columbia. Access restricted.

Description
Item not seen; reported by WorldCat, with abstract: argues that in MerT, Hoccleve's "Regiment of Princes," and Lydgate's "Fall of Princes" merchants are "used to model kingly virtues. By mapping monarchical characteristics onto merchants, these late medieval texts promoted an urban hierarchy."

Chaucer Subjects
Merchant and His Tale.