Mary, Sanctity and Prayers to Saints: Chaucer and the Late-Medieval Piety

Author / Editor
Reames, Sherry.

Title
Mary, Sanctity and Prayers to Saints: Chaucer and the Late-Medieval Piety

Published
Helen Phillips, ed. Chaucer and Religion (Cambridge: Brewer, 2010), pp. 81-96.

Description
Explores religious content of Marian prayers found in ABC, PrP, SNP, Ret and MLT. Argues that Chaucer does not attempt to "simplify moral issues and theological questions" in his tales of saints.

Alternative Title
Chaucer and Religion.

Chaucer Subjects
ABC
Prioress and Her Tale
Second Nun and Her Tale
Chaucer's Retraction
Man of Law and His Tale