The Pardoner's Old Man and Leviticus 19.32
- Author / Editor
- Purdon, L. O.
The Pardoner's Old Man and Leviticus 19.32
- Published
- English Language Notes 28:2 (1990): 1-5.
- Description
- When the old man of PardT quotes Leviticus in his reproof of the three rioters, he omits the penultimate clause, "and fear the Lord your God." The omission suggests an Augustinian doctrine that the damned are unmindful of God.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Pardoner and His Tale.