"Hir Gretteste Ooth": The Prioress, St. Eligius, and St. Godebertha.
- Author / Editor
- Steadman, John M.
"Hir Gretteste Ooth": The Prioress, St. Eligius, and St. Godebertha.
- Published
- Neophilologus 43 (1959): 49-57.
- Description
- Explores resonances between the characterization of Chaucer's Prioress in GP and the life and legend of St. Eligius, clarifying how the Prioress's swearing by "Seint Loy" (i.e., Eligius; GP 1.120) is both appropriate and highly ironic.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Prioress and Her Tale