Chaucer, Richard II, Henry IV, and 13 October
- Author / Editor
- Ferris, Sumner.
Chaucer, Richard II, Henry IV, and 13 October
- Published
- Beryl Rowland, ed. Chaucer and Middle English Studies in honour of Rossell Hope Robbins (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1974), pp. 210-17.
- Description
- Explains why both Richard II and Henry IV antedated their grants to Chaucer to October 13 (1398 and 1399, respectively): Richard because it was the feast day of the translation of St. Edward the Confessor, whom he venerated; Henry, because he had appropriated that date for his coronation. Always politic, Chaucer capitalized on the date.
- Alternative Title
- Chaucer and Middle English Studies in honour of Rossell Hope Robbins.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Life