An Historical Analogue to the 'Shipman's Tale'?

Author / Editor
Fries, Maureen.

Title
An Historical Analogue to the 'Shipman's Tale'?

Published
Comitatus 3 (1972): 19-32.

Description
Suggests that details of ShT may reflect historical incidents involving Pedro I ("the Cruel") of Castile, his various marital scandals, and a Spanish-English naval battle near Bruges. Comments on Chaucer's connections with Spain.

Chaucer Subjects
Shipman and His Tale
Chaucer's LIfe
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations