"Fin' amors," Arabic learning, and the Islamic World in the Work of Geoffrey Chaucer.
- Author / Editor
- Jagot, Shazia.
"Fin' amors," Arabic learning, and the Islamic World in the Work of Geoffrey Chaucer.
- Published
- Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Leicester, 2014. Dissertation Abstracts International C74.06. Fully available via https://figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/thesis/Fin_amors_Arabic_learning_and_the_Islamic_world_in_the work of Geoffrey Chaucer/10158581?file=18307655 (accessed March 11, 2026).
- Physical Description
- 294 pp.
- Description
- Demonstrates that "Chaucer's portrayal of fin' amors is informed by Arabic learning in the related fields of medicine, natural philosophy, astrology and alchemy, disseminated through Latin translations from the Iberian Peninsula in particular." Considers Chaucer's presentations of Islam and Arabic learning in his works, assessing courtly, alchemical, and astrological aspects of TC, KnT, CYT, and Astr, with attention to "Chaucer's dichotomous attitude toward Arabic learning and Islam as a religion."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Troilus and Criseyde
Knight and His Tale
Canon's Yeoman and His Tale
Treatise on the Astrolabe