The Chivalric Tradition and the Red and White Gown of Chaucer's Squire
- Author / Editor
- Fehrenbach, Robert J.
The Chivalric Tradition and the Red and White Gown of Chaucer's Squire
- Published
- English Language Notes 15 (1977): 4-7.
- Description
- The squire in GP wears red and white apparel which critics generally associate with springtime and fashionable dress. Because soon-to-be knights wore these colors in the medieval knighting ritual, this chivalric association of the colors further informs the character of the Squire.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Squire and His Tale.
- General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.