Young Hugh of Lincoln and Chaucer's "The Prioress's Tale."

Author / Editor
Boyd, Beverly

Title
Young Hugh of Lincoln and Chaucer's "The Prioress's Tale."

Published
Radford Review 14 (1960): 1-5.

Description
Discusses unity in PrP, PrT, and the GP description of the Prioress, focusing on their liturgical references and allusions: the canonical hours, the Prioress's "service dyvyne" (1.122), and the plea for aid from Hugh of Lincoln at the end of the tale (7.684-90).

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale