'A maner Latyn corrupt': Chaucer and the Absent Religions

Author / Editor
Bale, Anthony.

Title
'A maner Latyn corrupt': Chaucer and the Absent Religions

Published
Helen Phillips, ed. Chaucer and Religion (Cambridge: Brewer, 2010), pp. 52-64.

Description
Discusses "non-Christian religion" represented in the CT and examines what it means to be a Jew in PrT or a Muslim in MLT. Argues that Chaucer's understanding of Judaism in PrT and Islam in MLT reveals the "ironies of self-identity and the patterns of human experience" within CT.

Alternative Title
Chaucer and Religion.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General
Prioress and Her Tale
Man of Law and His Tale