The Empire and the Waif : Consent and Conflict of Laws in the Man of Law's Tale
- Author / Editor
- Fowler, Elizabeth.
The Empire and the Waif : Consent and Conflict of Laws in the Man of Law's Tale
- Published
- David Aers, ed. Medieval Literature and Historical Inquiry: Essays in Honor of Derek Pearsall (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2000), pp. 55-67.
- Description
- Reads MLT as a "thought experiment" in which the topos of the ship (familiar in both romance and political/legal philosophy) is used to confront the "conflict of laws" among the various cultures represented: Christian, Islamic, and pagan. With ClT, MLT considers consent under various kinds of coercion; MLT offers the principle of custom as a standard.
- Alternative Title
- Medieval Literature and Historical Inquiry: Essays in Honor of Derek Pearsall.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Man of Law and His Tale.
- Clerk and His Tale.