Worthy but Wise? Virtuous and Non-Virtuous Forms of Courage in the Later Middle Ages

Author / Editor
Rigby, S. H.

Title
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