Chaucer and John of Legnano.
- Author / Editor
- McCall, John P.
Chaucer and John of Legnano.
- Published
- Speculum 40 (1965): 484-89.
- Description
- Explicates Chaucer's reference to John of Legnano ("Lynyan" at ClT 4.34), clarifying the international reputation of the canon lawyer and his role in justifying the papal schism, suggesting how Chaucer may have learned of him during his 1378 mission to Italy, and explaining why the Clerk's reference to Petrarch is "heightened and expanded" by his reference to Legnano.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Clerk and His Tale
Chaucer's Life
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations