Christian Implications of Knighthood and Courtly Love in Chaucer's "Troilus."

Description: Assesses TC as a "peculiar combination of church, chivalry, and courtly love," exploring the history of the amalgamation of the "system of knighthood," the church's influence on the "chivalric code," and the "idealization of woman." Then examines "ecclesiastical and Christian passages" in TC, showing how they reflect Chaucer's "spiritualizing of pagan love" through uses of Boccaccio's "Filostrato" and adding "ecclesiastical terms," references to Christian Diety, and Biblical references.

Chaucer Subjects: Troilus and Criseyde
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations