The Prioress’s Greatest Oath, Once More.

Author / Editor
Lynch, James J.

Title
The Prioress’s Greatest Oath, Once More.

Published
Modern Language Notes 72.4 (1957): 242-49.

Description
Reviews arguments that identify and explicate "Seinte Loy" in the GP description of the Prioress (GP 1.120) as a reference to St. Eligius, and suggests an alternative possibility: St. Eulalia. Explores resonances of the reference--thematic and metrical--and how Chaucer may have known the name.

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale