Honour in Chaucer

Author / Editor
Brewer, D[erek]. S.

Title
Honour in Chaucer

Published
Essays and Studies 26 (1973): 1-19.

Description
Defines the private and social aspects of "honor" in Chaucer's works, exploring its relations with related concepts such as "worth," "worship," shame, gentility, heritability, and, for women, chastity. Focuses on TC and FranT, but comments on these notions throughout Chaucer's corpus.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies
Troilus and Criseyde
Franklin and His Tale