Women in the Background : Medieval Views of Chivalry in Chaucer's General Prologue

Author / Editor
Olivares Merino, Eugenio M.

Title
Women in the Background : Medieval Views of Chivalry in Chaucer's General Prologue

Published
Ana Mara Hornero and Mara Pilar Navarro, eds. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of S.E.L.I.M. (Zaragoza: Institucion Fernando el Catolico (CSIC), 2000), pp. 159-68.

Description
Assesses the descriptions of the Knight and Squire in GP for how they reflect differing chivalric views of femininity and, more broadly, wisdom versus pleasure.

Alternative Title
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of S.E.L.I.M.

Chaucer Subjects
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
Knight and His Tale.
Squire and His Tale.