The Pardoner, the Host, and the Depth of Chaucerian Insult

Author / Editor
Grennen, Joseph E.

Title
The Pardoner, the Host, and the Depth of Chaucerian Insult

Published
English Language Notes 25:2 (1987): 18-24.

Description
The potential medieval etymologizing of "envoluped" and the association of "fundament" with Christ and his Church deepen the significance of the exchange between the Host and the Pardoner.

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale.