'Mappa Mundi' and 'The Knight's Tale': The Geography of Power, the Technology of Control

Author / Editor
Tomasch, Sylvia.

Title
'Mappa Mundi' and 'The Knight's Tale': The Geography of Power, the Technology of Control

Published
Mark L. Greenberg and Lance Schachterle, eds. Literature and Technology (Bethlehem, Penn.: Lehigh University Press, 1992), pp. 66-98.

Description
Theseus's attempts to impose order upon his world reveal Chaucer's familiarity with medieval cartographical constructs as well as their underlying intellectual visions and political motives. This is most apparent in the construction of Theseus's ampitheatre, shaped like the "O" forming the boundary of most medieval maps.

Contributor
Greenberg, Mark L., ed.
Schachterle, Lance, ed.

Alternative Title
Literature and Technology.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale.