History, Mission, and Crusade in the Canterbury Tales
- Author / Editor
- Lewis, Celia M.
History, Mission, and Crusade in the Canterbury Tales
- Published
- Chaucer Review 42 (2008): 353-82.
- Description
- Together, Chaucer's two references to the Alexandrian crusade in CT, along with his portrait of the Knight and depictions of Custance and the Sultaness in MLT, expose similarities between missionary work and crusading. The Knight's participation in a pilgrimage thus endorses "personal spiritual renewal" as a greater good than seeking the religious conversion of others.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Knight and His Tale
- Man of Law and His Tale