OLD HUSBANDS, YOUNG WIVES AND THE CONCEPT OF MARRIAGE IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE

Year 1998, Volume: 38 Issue: 1-2, 57 - 102, 01.01.1998

Ufuk Ege

Abstract

In this article, the concept of marriage in Medieval times and old husbands who marry young wives are discussed. By deriving the concepts of lives from “The Wife of Bath's Prologue”, “The Miller's Tale”, “The Merchant's Tale” by G.Chaucer; “Mirrour of the Blessed Lyf of Jesu Christ” by N.Love and the “Ludus Coventriae play, Joseph's Trouble About Mary”, it is pointed out that the age difference of the married people and the concept of marriage play a thematic role in Medieval literature.

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