Wisdom and Chivalry: Chaucer's Knight's Tale and Medieval Political Theory by Stephen Rigby

Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts

Wisdom and Chivalry: Chaucer's Knight's Tale and Medieval Political Theory

Stephen Rigby

332 pages hardcover

1 edition

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The Knight's Tale is one of the most controversial of all the Canterbury Tales. Does Chaucer portray Theseus, the duke of Athens whose actions dominate the tale, as an ideal ruler, one who is noble, wise and chivalrous, or does the duke's behaviou...

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