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Chaucer, the liturgy (again), and Constance's ever-increasing pathos: 'The Man of Law's Tale' II ^B(super 1)! 846-47. (Geoffrey Chaucer)

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From: Studies in Short Fiction
Date: 19940622
Author:Harty, Kevin J.

Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Man of Law's Tale' includes a previously unrecognized liturgical allusion at II ^B(super 1)! 846-7. In the tale, Constance is addressing the Virgin, asking for the protection of her child. The passage's original source is the 'Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah.' It is part of the liturgy for Holy Week, to be spoken on Maundy Thursday and Holy Saturday, both as part of the lesson of Matins. Its use in Chaucer's tale adds to the pathos of Constance.

There is an additional liturgical allusion, previously unnoted, to the liturgy of Holy Week in The Man of Law's ...

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