The "Artes Praedicandi" and the Use of Illustrative Material by Chaucer's Canterbury Preachers.

Author / Editor
Luengo, Anthony Eamon.

Title
The "Artes Praedicandi" and the Use of Illustrative Material by Chaucer's Canterbury Preachers.

Published
Ph.D. Dissertation. McMaster University, 1978. Fully accessible via https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/items/79d2b698-ba8b-4e86-b138-5d64e2c84c34 (accessed April 14, 2026).

Physical Description
ix, 234 pp.

Description
Offers "close analysis of the use of 'sententiae' and narrative 'exempla'," exploring NPT, WBT, PardT, SumT, and ParsT in light of "traditional and late medieval sermon theory and practice" evident in the "artes praedicandi" and in medieval "conceptions of the Christian preacher and the sermon." Argues that ParsT "provides the orthodox answer to the false preaching of those who have preceded him."

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification
Canterbury Tales--General
Wife of Bath and Her Tale
Summoner and His Tale
Pardoner and His Tale
Nun's Priest and His Tale
Parson and His Tale