Knaresborough Castle and "The Kynges Moodres Court.’"
- Author/Editor
- Edwards, A. C.
- Title
- Knaresborough Castle and "The Kynges Moodres Court.’"
- Published
- Edwards, A. C. “Knaresborough Castle and ‘The Kynges Moodres Court’.” Philological Quarterly 19 (1940): 306-09. Reprinted in Edward Wagenknecht, ed. Chaucer: Modern Essays in Criticism (New York: Oxford University Press, 1959), pp. 83-87.
- Review
- Discusses Gower’s and Chaucer’s choice of Knaresborough as locus for the Donegild incident in the Tale of Constance, possibly because of its black reputation following the murder of Thomas Becket. [RFY1981]
- Date
- 1940
- Gower Subjects
- Backgrounds and General Criticism
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