When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Biblical and Philosophical References
- Judgment Day (3.14 and throughout)
- Adam (3.15)
- Archangel Gabriel (3.15)
- Judas (8.12)
- The whale who took Jonah (19.59)
- Lady Fortune/Fortune's Wheel (26.14)
- Lucifer (40.4)
Historical References
- Feast of Saint Giles (3.1 and throughout)
- Edward III (3.1 and throughout)
- Great Mortality/Great Plague/Great Sickness/Great Death (3.2 and throughout)
- Our Lady (4.14 and throughout)
- Saint Sixtus (16.14)
- Saint Gregory (17.4)
- Saint Arnulf the King (19.19)
- Saint Crispin (19.56 and throughout)
- Feast of Saint John the Baptist (19.67 and throughout)
- Saint Roch (20.7)
- Saint Anthony (21.24)
- Black Prince (22.26)
- Saint Margaret (23.4)
- Saint Paul (25.36)
- Saint Remigius (25.54)
- Midsummer Day (29.22)
- Saint Pancras (29.33)
- Benedictines (33.13)
- Dominicans (33.13)
- Franciscans (33.13)
- John Ball (40.31 and throughout)
- Duke of Lancaster (41.19)
- Richard of Bordeaux (41.21)
Pop Culture References
- "Sumer is Icumen In" (21.45)
- "Media Vita" (54.4 and throughout)