Lynn Staley is Harrington and Shirley Drake Professor of the Humanities in the Department of English, Colgate University.

Staley is expert on the three offices and on medieval spirituality more generally. Her knowledge of classical, medieval, and early modern primary sources, and especially of religious and literary texts, is commanding. What makes this book so extremely interesting are its clarity, its exploration of an intriguing subject toward which very few Chaucerians have directed any attention, and, most especially, Staley's intelligence." —David Raybin, Eastern Illinois University

Lynn Staley is Harrington and Shirley Drake Professor of the Humanities in the Department of English, Colgate University.

Staley is expert on the three offices and on medieval spirituality more generally. Her knowledge of classical, medieval, and early modern primary sources, and especially of religious and literary texts, is commanding. What makes this book so extremely interesting are its clarity, its exploration of an intriguing subject toward which very few Chaucerians have directed any attention, and, most especially, Staley's intelligence." —David Raybin, Eastern Illinois University

Lynn Staley is Harrington and Shirley Drake Professor of the Humanities in the Department of English, Colgate University.

Staley is expert on the three offices and on medieval spirituality more generally. Her knowledge of classical, medieval, and early modern primary sources, and especially of religious and literary texts, is commanding. What makes this book so extremely interesting are its clarity, its exploration of an intriguing subject toward which very few Chaucerians have directed any attention, and, most especially, Staley's intelligence." —David Raybin, Eastern Illinois University