Fighting Force with Force: How the Reeve Makes His Day; or, Chaucer Stands His Ground among Jurists Past and Present.

Author / Editor
Thomas, Arvind.

Title
Fighting Force with Force: How the Reeve Makes His Day; or, Chaucer Stands His Ground among Jurists Past and Present.

Published
Studies in the Age of Chaucer SAC 42 (2020): 27-72.

Description
Identifies parallels between the legal maxims of RvPT and the commentaries of medieval canon and civil law, including ones by Giovanni da Legnano (cited in ClT, 34) and a pair of canonists named (in Latin) Aleyn and John. Focuses on laws that pertain to defamation and self-defense, issues that relate to the Miller/Reeve exchange of tales and to Simkyn, Aleyn, and John. Includes comments on legal study in the medieval King's Hall, Cambridge, and stand-your-ground arguments in the twenty-first-century USA.

Chaucer Subjects
Reeve and His Tale
Miller and His Tale
Clerk and His Tale