"Famulier foo": Wives, Male Subordinates, and Political Theory in the "Merchant's Tale."

Author / Editor
Sidhu, Nicole.

Title
"Famulier foo": Wives, Male Subordinates, and Political Theory in the "Merchant's Tale."

Published
Chaucer Review 54.3 (2019): 292-314.

Description
Concentrates on Damian in MerT to show how the tale links critique of hierarchical marriage to critique of medieval estates theory. Contends that the tale counters
problems with vertical governance through horizontal governance.

Chaucer Subjects
Merchant and His Tale