Authority, rebellion and subordination in chaucerβs the nunβs priestβs tale and the wakefield second shepherdβs play
The Nun's Priest's Tale, fragment VII of the Tale's, follows the familiar outplay of the vein cock and cunning fox and fragments of reality etch their way through its theatrical compounds; such as the Peasant's Revolt of 1381. Furthermore, The Nun's Priest's Tale allocates little of its content to the life of the impoverished widow β