Canon Law and Chaucer on Licit and Illicit Magic

Author / Editor
Kelly, Henry Ansgar.

Title
Canon Law and Chaucer on Licit and Illicit Magic

Published
Ruth Mazo Karras, Joel Kaye, and E. Ann Matter, eds. Law and the Illicit in Medieval Europe. The Middle Ages Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008), pp. 211-24.

Description
John's incantations to protect Nicholas in MilT would have been considered licit uses of medicinal magic according to strictures of John Peakham, the Archdeacon of Canterbury. Kelly also comments on FranT, SqT, and ParsT.

Alternative Title
Law and the Illicit in Medieval Europe.

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale
Squire and His Tale
Franklin and His Tale
Parson and His Tale