Palamon's Appeal of Treason in the Knight's Tale

Author / Editor
Green, Richard Firth.

Title
Palamon's Appeal of Treason in the Knight's Tale

Published
Emily Steiner and Candace Barrington, eds. The Letter of the Law: Legal Practice and Literary Production in Medieval England (New York: Cornell University Press, 2002), pp. 105-14.

Description
Legal diction and references in KnT reflect concern in the 1380s with the growing influence of the Court of Chivalry and the revival of trial by battle.

Alternative Title
The Letter of the Law: Legal Practice and Literary Production in Medieval England.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale.