Chaucer's writings (the Canterbury Tales, lyrics and dream poems) are here freshly examined in relation to the religions, the religious traditions and the religious controversies of his era. Using a variety of theoretical, critical and historical approaches, the essays deal with topics that include Chaucer and Wycliffism; Chaucer's dream poetry and religion; Chaucer and secularity; gender, sex and marriage; the cult of the saints, pilgrimage, and the Virgin Mary; Chaucer's handling of morality; representations of Judaism and Islam; fabliaux and religion; Chaucer's use of the Bible; death and mutability in the Canterbury Tales; and, additionally, a range of issues related to teaching Chaucer in Britain and America today. Contributors: Anthony Bale, Alcuin Blamires, Laurel Broughton, Helen Cooper, Graham D. Caie, Roger Dalrymple, Dee Dyas, D. Thomas Hanks Jr., Stephen Knight, Carl Phelpstead, Helen Phillips, David Raybin, Sherry Reames, Jill Rudd.