Chaucer's "Vavasour" and Chrétien de Troyes.
- Author / Editor
- Frankis, P. J.
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