Chaucer's Monk: Baldness, Venery, and Embonpoint.

Author / Editor
Grennen, Joseph E.

Title
Chaucer's Monk: Baldness, Venery, and Embonpoint.

Published
American Notes and Queries 6 (1968): 83-85.

Description
Identifies the sexual and medical implications of several details in the GP description of the Monk, including his association with venery and food, his baldness, and his being fat "in good point" (1.200).

Chaucer Subjects
Monk and His Tale