Chaucer and Nominalism: 'The Envoy to Bukton'

Author / Editor
Ruud, Jay.

Title
Chaucer and Nominalism: 'The Envoy to Bukton'

Published
Mediaevalia 10 (1988, for 1984): 199-212.

Description
Although Buk appears to be a condemnation of marriage, Chaucer may have been experimenting with the philosophy of Ockham and Williams in presenting two paths to "knowing": experimentation and trusting authority. Buk reflects Chaucer's concerns prior to CT.

Chaucer Subjects
Envoy to Bukton.