Crime and Justice in the Middle Ages: Cases from the Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer
- Author / Editor
- Eberle, Patricia J.
Crime and Justice in the Middle Ages: Cases from the Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer
- Published
- M. L. Friedland, ed. Rough Justice: Essays on Crime in Literature (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991), pp. 19-51.
- Description
- Medieval notions of crime were broader than modern ones. Chaucer's views on justice and crime, as reflected in FrT, MLT, and ClT, are elusive. It seems he was "seriously doubtful about the value and practical application of any systematic view of justice such as the 'right order' promoted by the Papal Revolution."
- Alternative Title
- Rough Justice: Essays on Crime in Literature.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Friar and His Tale.
- Man of Law and His Tale.
- Clerk and His Tale.