Chaucer and 'Gentilesse'

Author / Editor
Gray, Douglas.

Title
Chaucer and 'Gentilesse'

Published
G. H. V. Bunt, E. S. Kooper, et al., eds. One Hundred Years of English Studies in Dutch Universities (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1987), pp. 1-27.

Description
"Gentilesse" for Chaucer implied honor or "good name," as well as good words and deeds. His ideas on the concept are rooted in the classics and in Christianity but also look forward to the humanists. FranT is probably nearer to a last word on this than is ParsT. Treats CT and Gent.

Alternative Title
One Hundred Years of English Studies in Dutch Universities.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies.