Constance and the Holy Land in the "Cronicles" of Nicholas Trevet.

Author / Editor
Brent, Jonathan.

Title
Constance and the Holy Land in the "Cronicles" of Nicholas Trevet.

Published
Studies in the Age of Chaucer 45 (2023): 171-203.

Description
Assesses the "political and historical meaning" of Trevet's version of the story of Constance--"part of [the] longer world history" of his "Cronicles" and the occasion in it when idolatry is "reformulated as Islam." Includes occasional comments on MLT and Gower's version of the story.

Chaucer Subjects
Man of Law and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations