Medieval and Early Modern Murder: Legal, Literary and Historical Contexts.
- Author / Editor
- Tracy, Larissa, ed.
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