Ideology and Utopia: Prudence and Magnificence, Kingship and Tyranny in Chaucer's Knight's Tale
- Author / Editor
- Rigby, Stephen H.
Ideology and Utopia: Prudence and Magnificence, Kingship and Tyranny in Chaucer's Knight's Tale
- Published
- Matthew Davies and Andrew Prescott, eds. London and the Kingdom: Essays in Honour of Caroline M. Barron. Proceedings of the 2004 Harlaxton Symposium. Harlaxton Medieval Studies, no. 16 (Donington, England: Shaun Tyas, 2008), pp. 316-34.
- Series
- Harlaxton Medieval Studies, no. 16.
- Description
- Orthodox notions of royal prudence and magnificence underlie the idealized figure of Theseus in KnT. Theseus embodies the traits that Richard II was accused of lacking.
- Contributor
- Davies, Matthew, ed.
- Prescott, Andrew, ed.
- Alternative Title
- London and the Kingdom: Essays in Honour of Caroline M. Barron. Proceedings of the 2004 Harlaxton Symposium.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Knight and His Tale.