The Parliament of 1386 and Chaucer’s Trojan Parliament.
- Author / Editor
- McCall, John P., and George Rudisill, Jr.
The Parliament of 1386 and Chaucer’s Trojan Parliament.
- Published
- Journal of English and Germanic Philology 58 (1959): 276-88.
- Description
- Argues that Chaucer's personal experience of the 1386 Parliament influenced his depiction of parliamentary activity in TC (4.141ff.), detailing events of the historical parliament, Chaucer's likely feelings about it, and changes and additions Chaucer made to his sources in describing the decision of the Trojan parliament to exchange Criseyde for Antenor. Rejects the suggestion that the Revolt of 1381 influenced Chaucer's depiction, and comments on the dating of TC.
- Contributor
- Rudisill, Jr., George.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde
Chaucer's Life