Chaucer's Shipman and the Integrity of his Cargo.

Author / Editor
Donovan, Mortimer J.

Title
Chaucer's Shipman and the Integrity of his Cargo.

Published
Modern Language Review 50 (1955): 489-90.

Description
Clarifies nuances of the title "shipman" and the seriousness of the Shipman's lack of conscience about his cargo (GP 1.396-98) in light of late-medieval English maritime law.

Chaucer Subjects
Shipman and His Tale