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The CANTERBURY TALES and the Good Society
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Paul A. Olson
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2014
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Paul Olson argues that Chaucer's narratives emerge from his deep concern about the crises of late fourteenth-century England and his vision of the renewal of that troubled society through the ideal of parlement, the various orders of society speaking together, and through a perfective religious discipline.
Originally published in 1987.
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Contents
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List of Illustrations
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Abbreviations
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Preface
xvii - Part I. Chaucer, Social Theory, and Fourteenth- Century History
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Introduction. On Looking at the Meaning of Chaucer's Language
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1. The General Prologue, the Three-Estate Theory, and the “Age and Body” of the Time
19 - Part II. The Canterbury Tales on Temporal Lords
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2. The Order of the Passion and Internal Order
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3. The Lawyer’s Tale and the History of Christian English Law
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4. Chaucer on Temporal Power and Art
104 - PART III. The CANTERBURY TALES on the Spiritual Power
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5. Stratford’s Nunnery, Sapience, and Monasticism’s Critical Role
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6. Monasticism’s Royal Claim
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7. The Hierarchy’s Keys
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8. Summoner Wrath on Friar Perfection
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9. The Sect of the Wife of Bath and the Quest for Perfection
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10. In Conclusion
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APPENDIX. A Note on the Relationship of Meaning and Historical Forms of Life
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Index
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July 14, 2014
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9781400858316
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Keywords for this book
Friar; Indulgence; Monasticism; The Knight's Tale; The Canterbury Tales; Puritans; The Parson's Tale; The Summoner's Tale; Poetry; Franciscans; Humility; Confessio Amantis; Scholasticism; Divine law; Temporal power (papal); Spirituality; Courtly love; Satire; Penitential; Jovinian; Spiritual Canticle; The Prioress's Tale; Flattery; Secularism; Fabliau; Henry Knighton; Vox Clamantis; Truth and Justice; Cleanness; The Reeve's Tale; Canticle; The Summoner; The Shipman's Tale; Saint Boniface; The Merchant's Tale; Quia Emptores; Parody; The Franklin's Tale; Wisdom tradition; The Friar's Tale; Gesta Romanorum; Lollardy; Secularization; John of Salisbury; Parlement; John Lydgate; Policraticus; Church Fathers; Biblical authority; Superiority (short story); Council of Constance; François Rabelais; Iconology; Radix malorum est cupiditas; The City of God (book); Simony; Lay brother; Art for art's sake; Politique; Order of Saint Benedict; Predestination; Chivalric order; Regular clergy; Allegory; Divine providence; Poena; Rhetoric; Nicholas of Lyra; Summa Theologica; Concupiscence
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
