Chivalry, Power, and Justice in Three Medieval Romances

Author / Editor
Kobayashi, Yoshiko.

Title
Chivalry, Power, and Justice in Three Medieval Romances

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 58: 3144A, 1997.

Description
Like Gower in "Confessio Amantis," Chaucer in TC adapts two strategies from Benot de Sainte-Maure's "Roman de Troie" to criticize chivalry: indicating how chivalry oppresses women and revealing the incompatibility of knightly conduct and good government.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.