Ideology and Utopia: Prudence and Magnificence, Kingship and Tyranny in Chaucer's Knight's Tale

Author / Editor
Rigby, Stephen H.

Title
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.