Medieval and Early Modern Murder: Legal, Literary and Historical Contexts.

Author / Editor
Tracy, Larissa, ed.

Title
Medieval and Early Modern Murder: Legal, Literary and Historical Contexts.

Published
Cambridge: Boydell Press, 2018.

Physical Description
500 pp.

Description
Analyzes legal, hermeneutic, and social ramifications of murder and murderers in the Middle Ages. Includes Tracy's own essay entitled "'Mordre wol out': Murder and Justice in Chaucer," which focuses on Chaucer’s treatment of murder in CT, particularly Chaunticleer’s dreams of murder in NPT.

Alternative Title
"Mordre wol out": Murder and Justice in Chaucer.

Chaucer Subjects
Nun's Priest and His Tale
Canterbury Tales--General