CONSTANCE ON TRIAL: ALLEGORIZING LEGAL PERSONHOOD IN JOHN GOWER'S 'THE TALE OF CONSTANCE' AND GEOFFREY CHAUCER'S 'THE MAN OF LAW'S TALE'.
The article analyses how John Gower in Confessio Amantis and Geoffrey Chaucer in The Man of Law's Tale (from The Canterbury Tales) allegorize Constance's trial to examine medieval legal personhood. Topics include the contrast between legalist and realist models of personhood;the shaping of Constance...
| Publicado en: | Medium Aevum Vol. 94; no. 1; pp. 133 - 158 |
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Society for the Study of Medieval Languages & Literature
2025
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