'He Conquered Al the Regne of Femenye': What Chaucer's Knight Doesn't Tell About Theseus
- Author / Editor
- Broughton, Laurel.
'He Conquered Al the Regne of Femenye': What Chaucer's Knight Doesn't Tell About Theseus
- Published
- Jean E. Godsall-Myers, ed. Speaking in the Medieval World (Boston: Brill, 2003), 43-63.
- Description
- By adjusting his source, Chaucer allows the Knight to construct a Theseus who appears noble and positively inclined toward women. Chaucer also reminds us, however, that Theseus is not always the champion of women and the exemplar of chivalry. A number of possible, conflicting readings shape the larger conversation of CT on the nature of truly noble behavior.
- Alternative Title
- Speaking in the Medieval World.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Knight and His Tale.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.