"The Gracious Conqueror."

Author / Editor
Legge, M. Dominica.

Title
"The Gracious Conqueror."

Published
Modern Language Notes 68 no. 1 (1953): 18-21.

Description
Assesses the sequence and nuances of the terms used to justify Henry IV's claim to the English throne--election, inheritance, and conquest--in Chaucer's Purse and John Gower's "Cronica Tripertita," comparing them with historical documents that clarify "conqueror" could mean "the acquisition by peaceful means of an inheritance vacant through the misconduct and ineptitude of his predecessor."

Chaucer Subjects
Complaint of Chaucer to His Purse
Language and Word Studies