Reasoning Rebellion and Reformation: Natural Law and the Ethics of Power and Resistance in Late Medieval English Literature.
- Author / Editor
- Fry, Chandler Thomas.
Reasoning Rebellion and Reformation: Natural Law and the Ethics of Power and Resistance in Late Medieval English Literature.
- Published
- Ph.D. Dissertation. Duke University, 2021
Dissertation Abstracts International A82.11(E). Open access at https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/items/d005dd73-6232-43ef-94ce-537d1d9a7767 (accessed December 19, 2024).
- Description
- Clarifies the "centrality and complexities" of political and ethical law discourse in late medieval England, showing how it is used in works by Thomas Usk and how in TC and KnT Chaucer "questions the view that the natural law is an unshakeable foundation for effective resistance."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
Troilus and Criseyde
Knight and His Tale