Seeking the Medieval in Shakespeare: The Order of the Garter and the Topos of Derisive Chivalry

Author / Editor
Ortego, James N., II.

Title
Seeking the Medieval in Shakespeare: The Order of the Garter and the Topos of Derisive Chivalry

Published
Fifteenth-Century Studies 35 (2010): 80-104.

Description
Reviews several late medieval texts to demonstrate the "devolution of knighthood" before Shakespeare's time. Comments on the GP description of the Knight, on MerT, and on Th.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale
Merchant and His Tale
Tale of Sir Thopas