Chaucer's Translation of 'Boece' with Special Reference to the Word 'Gentilesse'

Author / Editor
Ono, Mana.

Title
Chaucer's Translation of 'Boece' with Special Reference to the Word 'Gentilesse'

Published
Studies in Medieval Language and Literature (Tokyo) 1 (1986): 93-105.

Description
Comparing the use of "gentil" and "gentilesse" in Bo 3, pt. 6, 9, with Latin and French texts shows that Boethius had a great influence on Chaucer through Jean de Meun and that Chaucer uses the words in his own skillful way, as seen in works such as WBT and Gent.
In Japanese.

Chaucer Subjects
Boece.
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
Gentilesse.