Clandestine Marriage and Chaucer's 'Troilus'
- Author / Editor
- Kelly, Henry Ansgar.
Clandestine Marriage and Chaucer's 'Troilus'
- Published
- Viator 4 (1973): 435-58.
- Description
- Defines clandestine marriage and describes it as a widespread and well-known phenomenon in fourteenth-century England, even though condemned by the Church. Argues that because the lovers in TC are not Christian, their love is "licit" and not adulterous, exploring the features and implications of their marital contract. Also comments on aspects of clandestine marriage in RvT, WBT, KnT, and LGW.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde
- Reeve and His Tale
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale
- Knight and His Tale
- Legend of Good Women