Medievalists.net » The Nun’s Priest’s Tale http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Reading about Lancelot in Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/05/reading-about-lancelot-in-chaucers-troilus-and-criseyde/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/05/reading-about-lancelot-in-chaucers-troilus-and-criseyde/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:40:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30809 This book is the central one of Troilus and Criseyde’s five books, with the sexual union of Troilus with Criseyde forming the climax and turning-point of the entire plot-structure, condensed at the start of the work by Chaucer in the words “fro woe to wele and after out of joie.”

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/05/reading-about-lancelot-in-chaucers-troilus-and-criseyde/feed/ 0 Misconceptions about Beast Fables and Beast Tales, and the Role of the Fox in All of It http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/01/misconceptions-about-beast-fables-and-beast-tales-and-the-role-of-the-fox-in-all-of-it/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/01/misconceptions-about-beast-fables-and-beast-tales-and-the-role-of-the-fox-in-all-of-it/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:37:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=17737 Misconceptions about Beast Fables and Beast Tales, and the Role of the Fox in All of It Schutter, Lilian Master Thesis, Faculteit der Letteren Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (2008) Abstract In this dissertation, the genres of the beast fable and beast tale will be looked at more closely, as well as the role that the fox plays in these […]

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