Clean Maids, True Wives, Steadfast Widows: Chaucer's Women and Medieval Codes of Conduct by Margaret Hallissy

Clean Maids, True Wives, Steadfast Widows: Chaucer's Women and Medieval Codes of Conduct

Contributions in Women's Studies

Margaret Hallissy

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Chaucer was a keen observer of the lives of women with a remarkable ability to see beyond his culture's preconceptions concerning their proper roles. The lives of medieval women were divided into three estates--virginity, wifehood, and widowhood--...

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