Miracles of the Virgin in Medieval England: Law and Jewishness in Marian Legends

Author / Editor
Boyarin, Adrienne Williams.

Title
Miracles of the Virgin in Medieval England: Law and Jewishness in Marian Legends

Published
Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2010.

Physical Description
xiii, 230 pp.

Description
Discusses Marian identification in PrT, in particular Marian miracles, as well as connections to the Virgin Mary in SNT, Th, and WBPT. Emphasizes development of Middle English Marian miracle texts, and Mary's "symbolic connection to Jews." Claims that Chaucer altered emphasis of these texts from "monastic-devotional to literary-secular realms."

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism
Prioress and Her Tale
Second Nun and Her Tale
Tale of Sir Thopas
Wife of Bath and Her Tale