SPOUSES’ RELATIONSHIP PECULIARITIES IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND THROUGH G. CHAUCER’S CANTERBURY TALES
The article is devoted to analysis of spouses’ relationship in famous English poet G. Chaucer’s creations. The author puts a question of its peculiarities to be connected with social and economic development of England in XIV century. Conclusion to be done shows spouses evaluating marriage as a transaction and this feature links to growing commodity-money relationships within the region this period. Peculiarities of development of new social and economic structure are discussed.
Keywords: Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, gender discourse, medieval England, marriage in medieval England, commodity-money relations
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Issue: 3, 2014
Series of issue: Issue 3
Rubric: GLOBAL HISTORY
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