Chaucer’s Treatment of Outlawry in 'Wife of Bath’s Tale' and 'Knight’s Tale'

The medieval outlaw appears in historical, religious, and legal texts of late Medieval England and is imagined in fiction as well, specifically in the romance narratives of Geoffrey Chaucer. Outlawry was a legal state that could be imposed. Chaucer found himself occasionally outside the law at diffe...

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Main Author: Carolyn Gonzalez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2020-03-01
Series:Anglo Saxonica
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Online Access:https://www.revista-anglo-saxonica.org/articles/12