Worthy but Wise? Virtuous and Non-Virtuous Forms of Courage in the Later Middle Ages
- Author / Editor
- Rigby, S. H.
Worthy but Wise? Virtuous and Non-Virtuous Forms of Courage in the Later Middle Ages
- Published
- Studies in the Age of Chaucer 35 (2013): 329-71.
- Description
- Surveys classical and medieval notions of courage ("fortitude") with particular attention to Giles of Rome and chroniclers of the Battle of Agincourt, and recurrent comments on Chaucer's Knight, Squire, and Troilus. Describes the criteria and nuances of Giles's seven types of "fortitude," noting parallels in Christian and pagan antecedents and in late-medieval chronicles and romances.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Knight and His Tale
- Squire and His Tale
- Troilus and Criseyde