"Bede and Merlion and Arsaladone": The Persistence of Short Verse Prophecies in Late-Medieval England.

Author / Editor
Edwards, Kate.

Title
"Bede and Merlion and Arsaladone": The Persistence of Short Verse Prophecies in Late-Medieval England.

Published
Marginalia 20 (2016): 7-16.

Description
Examines the apocalyptic genre of English short-verse prophecies, which were attributed to authorities such as Merlin, Bede, and Chaucer, who existed safely in the past but often also on the margins of political and religious orthodoxy. Popular from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century, the circulation of these prophecies was linked to Welsh rebellions and Wycliffism in the early fifteenth century.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Chaucerian Apocrypha