Chaucer and the Holy Cross of Bromholm.
- Author / Editor
- Pratt, Robert A.
Chaucer and the Holy Cross of Bromholm.
- Published
- Modern Language Notes 70 (1955): 324-25.
- Description
- Clarifies the appropriateness of Symkin's wife swearing by the "croys of Bromeholm" (RvT 1. 4286), adducing Roger of Wendover's "Flores Historiarum" and, possibly, the clerical status of the wife's father.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Reeve and His Tale