". . . Criseyda, / In widewes habit blak" (I.169–70): Fourteenth-Century English Widows and the Victimization of Criseyde.

Author / Editor
Hamaguchi, Keiko.

Title
". . . Criseyda, / In widewes habit blak" (I.169–70): Fourteenth-Century English Widows and the Victimization of Criseyde.

Published
Studies in Medieval Language and Literature 37 (2022): 27-45.

Description
Investigates TC's portrayal of Criseyde as a representation of English widows facing threats and deceit. Utilizing legal records of the time, considers how Poliphete's false suit mirrors real cases of widows unjustly targeted for their property and manipulated by men. In Japanese, with English abstract

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde