"Si l'or doit rouiller, que deviendra le fer?": Chaucer et les représentations du Pardonneur dans les "Contes de Canterbury."

Author / Editor
Fruoco, Jonathan.

Title
"Si l'or doit rouiller, que deviendra le fer?": Chaucer et les représentations du Pardonneur dans les "Contes de Canterbury."

Published
Mélanges de Science Religieuses, 76.4 (2019): 5-18.

Description
Examines the depiction of the Pardoner in PardT as a reflection of Chaucer's own ideas about spirituality. Contends that Chaucer's portraits of the religious pilgrims in GP showcase several types of spirituality and argues that the poet seems to enjoy detailing both the vices and the virtues of members of the clergy.

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales