Chaucer's "Vavasour" and Chrétien de Troyes.

Author / Editor
Frankis, P. J.

Title
Chaucer's "Vavasour" and Chrétien de Troyes.

Published
Notes and Queries 213 (1968): 46-47.

Description
Suggests that there can be "little doubt" that Chaucer thought the term "vavasour" (GP 1.30, applied to the Franklin) signified "a man noted for hospitality," adducing evidence from Chrétien and other sources.

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Language and Word Studies