Lords of Retinue: Middle English Romance and Noblemen in Need.

Author / Editor
Stewart, James Trevor.

Title
Lords of Retinue: Middle English Romance and Noblemen in Need.

Published
Ph.D. dissertation. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2017. Available at https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/4427. Accessed February 5, 2021.

Description
Argues that like "Guy of Warwick" and "Ywain and Gawain," KnT promotes "ideals of both prowess and lordship," with Chaucer emphasizing the ideals of "chivalric interdependence" and the bonds of "mutual loyalty."

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations