Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments x
5. List of Abbreviations xii
6. Conventions for Citing Editions xiii
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 Boccaccio as the Source for Chaucer’s Use of Sources 11
9. 2 The Shipman’s Trade in Three Novelle from the Decameron 53
10. 3 Licisca’s Outburst: The Origin of the Canterbury Tales 106
11. 4 Friar Puccio’s Penance: Upending the Knight’s Order 126
12. 5 The Wife of Bath’s Tale and the Tale of Florent 178
13. Conclusion 228
14. Appendix 231
15. Bibliography 234
16. Index of Passages from the works of Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Gower, and from Heile van Beersele 262
17. Index 267