St. Mary Rouncivale, Charing Cross: The Hospital of Chaucer's Pardoner
- Author / Editor
- Maxfield, David K.
St. Mary Rouncivale, Charing Cross: The Hospital of Chaucer's Pardoner
- Published
- Chaucer Review 28 (1993): 148-63.
- Description
- Viewed in historical context, the pardons of Chaucer's Pardoner likely were based on forged papal bulls associated with St. Mary's, a hospital with a questionable reputation. The Pardoner's lack of character provides an ironic contrast to the ideal of the Augustinian canons who should have populated such an institution.
- Alternative Title
- "Saint Mary Rouncivale, Charing Cross: The Hospital of Chaucer's Pardoner."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Pardoner and His Tale.