Medievalists.net » The Prioress’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 Feeding the Dogs: The Queer Prioress and Her Pets http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/28/feeding-the-dogs-the-queer-prioress-and-her-pets/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/28/feeding-the-dogs-the-queer-prioress-and-her-pets/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 00:47:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41391 Everybody knows what we should think about the Prioress’ love for animals. She steals from the poor by feeding her 'smale houndes' roast meat and good bread. And she’s breaking the rules just by keeping pets.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/28/feeding-the-dogs-the-queer-prioress-and-her-pets/feed/ 0 Medieval Feminine Humanism and Geoffrey Chaucer’s Presentation of the Anti-Cecilia http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/22/medieval-feminine-humanism-and-geoffrey-chaucers-presentation-of-the-anti-cecilia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/22/medieval-feminine-humanism-and-geoffrey-chaucers-presentation-of-the-anti-cecilia/#comments Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:56:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37378 Perhaps the tale has been dismissed because, compared to the other tales, it appears to be simple and straightforward. Lynn Staley Johnson points out that “most Chaucerians hold that this legend could not have been written before about 1373” and further that “it is generally accepted that Chaucer decided to include the legend in the Canterbury book relatively late in the Canterbury period” .

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/22/medieval-feminine-humanism-and-geoffrey-chaucers-presentation-of-the-anti-cecilia/feed/ 0 Chaucer’s costume rhetoric in his portrait of the Prioress http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/10/chaucers-costume-rhetoric-in-his-portrait-of-the-prioress/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/10/chaucers-costume-rhetoric-in-his-portrait-of-the-prioress/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:06:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36407 No critic has ever discussed costume signs in order to reveal to what extent the Prioress does or does not conform in her costume to the fourteenth century norm, with consideration given, simultaneously, to the historical records, literature and visual arts of the period that form and inform the signs from the many traditions Chaucer in corporates in his portrait of the Prioress.

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