Did Chaucer Visit Rome?

Author / Editor
Hirsh, John C.

Title
Did Chaucer Visit Rome?

Published
English Language Notes 37.4: 1-8, 2000.

Description
Chaucer's many references to Rome in CT reflect an interest that originated in a visit there. In particular, classical associations and the decoration of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere illuminate the style and meaning of SNT. A visit to Rome may have helped shape Chaucer's complex attitude toward ecclesiastical traditions.

Chaucer Subjects
Second Nun and Her Tale.