Aristotle for Aristocrats and Poets: Giles of Rome's 'De regimine principum' as Theodicy of Privilege
- Author / Editor
- Rigby, Stephen H.
Aristotle for Aristocrats and Poets: Giles of Rome's 'De regimine principum' as Theodicy of Privilege
- Published
- ChauR 47.1 (2012): 259-313.
- Description
- Examines Giles of Rome's social theory and its vision of unity and hierarchy, as well as the degree to which it might have been influential in Chaucer's time, commenting on the Wife of Bath's discussion of "gentilesse." Also refers to LGW; HF; KnT; and the Wife of Bath, the Parson, and the Clerk in GP.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
- Language and Word Studies
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale
- Legend of Good Women
- House of Fame
- Knight and His Tale
- Parson and His Tale
- Clerk and His Tale