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
Confessio Amantis