Kristen Over

Kristen Over teaches medieval British literature in the English Department at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. Her research explores relationships between insular cultures, especially francophone and Welsh. She has written a book on French and Welsh Arthurian romance and medieval colonialism, and articles on Peredur fab Efrawg and Culhwch ag Olwen. Feel free to contact her via email: [email protected].
Chaucer’s Plague Tales
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Chaucer’s Plague Tales

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 / 1 June 2020

In 18 months, the "Great Pestilence" of 1348-49 killed half of England's population, and by 1351 half the population of the world. Chaucer's plague tales reveal the conservative edges of an astonishingly innovative medieval poet.