Chaucer's 'House of Fame' and the French Palais de Justice

Author / Editor
Kendrick, Laura.

Title
Chaucer's 'House of Fame' and the French Palais de Justice

Published
Studies in the Age of Chaucer 6 (1984): 121-33.

Description
Architectural details, including rows of pillars and statues in Fame's hall, are probably exaggerations of the Palais de Justice, which Chaucer had seen in 1377.

Chaucer Subjects
House of Fame.