Wisdom and chivalry : Chaucer's Knight's tale and medieval political theory / by Stephen H. Rigby.
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TextSeries: Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts ; v. 4.Publication details: Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 329 pages)Content type: - text
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- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Knight's tale
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Political and social views
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Ethics
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
- Knight's tale (Chaucer, Geoffrey)
- Chaucer, Geoffrey -- Canterbury Tales. Knight's tale
- Chaucer, Geoffrey -- Politik und Gesellschaft
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- politiska och sociala åsikter
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- etik
- Knights and knighthood in literature
- Politics in literature
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- Conduct of life in literature
- Ideology in literature
- Morale dans la littérature
- Morale pratique dans la littérature
- Idéologie dans la littérature
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- Knights and knighthood in literature
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-320) and index.
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CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations in the Text and Notes; Introduction The 'Knight's Tale' in Context; i. The 'Knight's Tale': the Critical Debate; ii. Chaucer, Giles of Rome and Medieval Political Theory; PART I ETHICS: THE GOOD RULE OF THE SELF; Chapter One The 'Knight's Tale' as Ethics: the Aristotelian Virtues; Chapter Two The 'Knight's Tale' as Ethics: the Passions and the Ages of Man; PART II ECONOMICS AND POLITICS: THE GOOD RULE OF OTHERS; Chapter Three The 'Knight's Tale' as Economics: The Good Rule of the Household.
Chapter Four The 'Knight's Tale' as Politics: The Good Rule of the CommunityPART III THE FIRST MOVER AND THE GOOD RULE OF THE COSMOS; Chapter Five The 'Knight's Tale' as Cosmography: The Good Rule of the Universe; Conclusion Chaucer: Literature, History and Ideology; Bibliography; Index.
Examining Chaucer's "Knight's Tale" in the context of medieval mirrors for princes, this book argues that, in the figure of Duke Thesues, the tale presents us with the portrait of a model prince in terms of the standards of medieval political theory.
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