A Critical Edition of the Story of Constance in Nicholas Trevet's 'Les Cronicles': The Source of Chaucer's 'Man of Law's Tale'

Author / Editor
Correale, Robert M.

Title
A Critical Edition of the Story of Constance in Nicholas Trevet's 'Les Cronicles': The Source of Chaucer's 'Man of Law's Tale'

Published
DAI 32.07 (1972): 3946A.

Description
Edits the Constance portion of Trevet's "Cronicles," with discussion of Trevet's life and works, manuscripts of his work, a table of variants,and related materials. Includes (pp. 181-217) discussion of Chaucer's use of this source in MLT.

Chaucer Subjects
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Man of Law and His Tale