An analysis of how Chaucer’s satirical portrayal of the Prioress was lost for two centuries, tracing the story from the Reformation and Chaucer’s recasting as a proto-Protestant to the eighteenth-century translations that shaped how readers understood her. Part Two of two.
A playlist exploring the English Reformation with particular focus on martyrdom, examining why Protestants and Catholics were burned for their faith during the Tudor period.
An examination of the English Reformation from Henry VIII’s break with Rome through the reigns of Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I, tracing the shift from Catholicism to Protestantism.