The Making of a Fourteenth-Century Sergeant of the Lawe

Author / Editor
McKenna, Isobel

Title
The Making of a Fourteenth-Century Sergeant of the Lawe

Published
Revue de l'Universite d'Ottawa 45 (1975): 244-62.

Description
Investigates the relations between the sketch of the Sergeant of the Law in GP and historical evidence of contemporary members of the "Order of the Coif." Surveys the nature, activities, garb, and affiliations of fourteenth-century legal sergeants, observing that Chaucer's sketch reflects most of them.

Chaucer Subjects
Man of Law and His Tale.
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.