ABSTRACT

Published in 1997: An edition of the literary virus that inserted itself into the Canterbury Tales and passed as authentic until the late 19th century. The virulent attack on the clergy made possible the Renaissance conception of Chaucer as a pre-Protestant English patriot.

chapter |52 pages

Introduction

chapter |56 pages

The Plowman’s Tale, 1533

chapter |94 pages

The Plowman’s Tale, 1606