Chaucer and the Bible

Author / Editor
Caie, Graham D.

Title
Chaucer and the Bible

Published
Helen Phillips, ed. Chaucer and Religion (Cambridge: Brewer, 2010), pp. 24-34.

Description
Addresses how Chaucer uses religious "collections, florilegia, anthologies, and miscellanies" along with Latin Bibles and patristic sources to develop his characters in CT, and to reflect "their level of biblical knowledge and literacy." Refers to WBPT, SumT, and NPT.

Alternative Title
Chaucer and Religion.

Chaucer Subjects
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Wife of Bath and Her Tale
Summoner and His Tale
Nun's Priest and His Tale