Carried Away by the Law: Chaucer and the Poetry of Abduction.
- Author / Editor
- Salisbury, Eve.
Carried Away by the Law: Chaucer and the Poetry of Abduction.
- Published
- Andreea D. Boboc, ed. Theorizing Legal Personhood in Late Medieval England (Leiden: Koninklijke Brill, 2015), pp. 50-70.
- Description
- Discusses Chaucer's familiarity with the law evidenced in Chaucer's "Life Records" and his poetry. Suggests that Chaucer "exploits the confusion of legal terms defining abduction and rape" because of his "unprecedented legal personhood" with regard to his personal legal issues. Focuses on Chaucer's understanding of the law in NPT, HF, and PF.
- Alternative Title
- Theorizing Legal Personhood in Late Medieval England.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Life
Nun's Priest and His Tale
House of Fame
Parliament of Fowls