Uncollected Essays

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Foreword by Paul A. Olson - Buzones Etymology - The Manuel des Peches - Classical Origin of 'Circumstances' in the Medieval Confessional - The Cultural Tradition of Handlyng Synne - Marie de France, Lais, - Cumhthach Labhras an Lonsa - Chaucerian Tragedy - St. Foy among the Thorns - Amors de terra lonhdana - De Amore of Andreas Capellanus - Why the Devil Wears Green - On Conjointure - The Book of the Duchess - Chaucer Criticism - "And for my land thus hastow mordred me?" - Chaucer and the "Commune Profit" The Manor - The Intellectual, Artistic and Historical Context - Religion and Stylistic History - Simple Signs from Everyday Life - Chaucer and Christian Tradition - The Wife of Bath and Midas - Date and Purpose of Troilus - Who Were "The People"? - Economic and Social Consequences of the Plague - Probable Date and Purpose of Knight's Tale - The Physician's Comic Tale - Wisdom and "The Manciple's Tale"