Justice and Law in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Author / Editor
Breslin, Carol Ann.

Title
Justice and Law in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 39 (1978): 2246A.

Description
A study of unity in CT focuses upon justice and law. Commentaries available to Chaucer and his audience include the writings of Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, and Sacred Scripture. Legal texts include Glanville, Bracton, Horn, and court records. The possibility that Chaucer was a lawyer is set forth.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.
Chaucer's Life.