The Homeland of the "doghter of hooly chirche"? The Representation of Rome in Chaucer's "Man of Law's Tale."

Author / Editor
Sugiyama, Yuki.

Title
The Homeland of the "doghter of hooly chirche"? The Representation of Rome in Chaucer's "Man of Law's Tale."

Published
Geibun-Kenkyu 114 (2018): 1-12.

Description
Compares MLT and the stories of Constance by Nicholas Trevet and John Gower. Argues that MLT points to the uncertainty of Rome as the center of ecclesiastical authority in the later fourteenth century.

Chaucer Subjects
Man of Law and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and LIterary Relations