Tradesmen, Traitors, Pirates and Prostitutes: Depictions of the Flemish in Later Medieval England

Author / Editor
Schwamb, Sara M. B.

Title
Tradesmen, Traitors, Pirates and Prostitutes: Depictions of the Flemish in Later Medieval England

Published
DAI A71.11 (2011): n.p.

Description
Considers representations of the Flemish in such works as "Piers Plowman," the Paston letters, and CT, with a particular eye toward the use of negative stereotypes and the use of Flemish people as an Other for the purpose of developing an English identity.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General