Medieval Monks and Friars: Differing Literary Perceptions
- Author / Editor
- Pearsall, Derek.
Medieval Monks and Friars: Differing Literary Perceptions
- Published
- R. F. Yeager and Toshiyuki Takamiya, eds. The Medieval Python: The Purposive and Provocative Work of Terry Jones (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), pp. 59-73.
- Description
- Describes various depictions of monks and friars in late medieval English vernacular literature, observing that, despite prevalent anti-fraternal satire, friars "retained considerable support" in this literature. Because they were cloistered, monks generally "receive less attention." Comments on Chaucer's Monk, Friar, and ShT, as well as other works of the English Middle Ages.
- Alternative Title
- Medieval Python: The Purposive and Provocative Work of Terry Jones.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Monk and His Tale
- Friar and His Tale
- Shipman and His Tale