The Christian Heritage: Problems and Prospects

Author / Editor
Anastaplo, George.

Title
The Christian Heritage: Problems and Prospects

Published
Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2010.

Physical Description
xvii, 446 pp.

Description
Twenty-six essays and thirteen appendices explore how Christianity underlies Western attitudes. The section "Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400)" (pp. 67-75) reads Ret in light of ParsT and Mel as a mild account of misconduct in which Chaucer is guided more by prudence than by a sense of guilt.

Alternative Title
"Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400)."

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Retraction.
Parson and His Tale
Tale of Melibee