Canon Law and Chaucer on Licit and Illicit Magic
- Author / Editor
- Kelly, Henry Ansgar.
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