1. The Literary context of The Merchant'sTale and Duchess of Malfi
2. A Sense of Place: The Importance of location in Duchess of Malfi and Merchant's Tale
3. A Woman's Place: Merchant's Tale and Duchess of Malfi
4. The Secular Hierarchy
5. The Literary Context of Fableau and Tragedy
6. The Poet's and Playwright's life and work
7. The Secular Hierarchy
8. A sense of place in both texts
9. A woman's place in The Merchant's Tale and Duchess of Malfi
10. Chaucer: His life and work
11. The Literary Context of Chaucer's Merchant Tale and Duchess of Malfi