Ethics and Power in Medieval English Reformist Writing

Author / Editor
Craun, Edwin C.

Title
Ethics and Power in Medieval English Reformist Writing

Published
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Physical Description
ix, 234 pp

Description
Discusses how the late medieval Church encouraged and participated in "fraternal corrections," and establishes connections with major English reformist writings, including "The Book of Margery Kempe" and "Piers Plowman." Brief mention of Chaucer's character of the Parson on pp. 54 and 81.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism
Parson and His Tale