Table Of Contents:

List of Illustrations viii
The Contributors ix
Acknowledgements xv
Abbreviations of Chaucer's Works xvi

The Idea of a Chaucer Companion 1(7)

Peter Brown

Afterlife 8(15)

Carolyn Collette

Authority 23(17)

Andrew Galloway

Bodies 40(18)

Linda Ehrsam Voigts

Chivalry 58(17)

Derek Brewer

Christian Ideologies 75(15)

Nicholas Watson

Comedy 90(24)

Laura Kendrick

Contemporary English Writers 114(19)

James Simpson

Crisis and Dissent 133(16)

Alcuin Blamires

France 149(18)

Michael Hanly

Games 167(13)

Malcolm Andrew

Genre 180(15)

Caroline D. Eckhardt

Geography and Travel 195(23)

Scott D. Westrem

Italy 218(17)

David Wallace

Language 235(16)

David Burnley

Life Histories 251(15)

Janette Dillon

London 266(15)

Michael Hanrahan

Love 281(15)

Helen Phillips

Modes of Representation 296(16)

Edward Wheatley

Narrative 312(20)

Robert R. Edwards

Other Thought-worlds 332(17)

Susanna Fein

Pagan Survivals 349(11)

John M. Fyler

Personal Identity 360(18)

Lynn Staley

Science 378(19)

Irma Taavitsainen

Social Structures 397(17)

Robert Swanson

Styles 414(14)

John F. Plummer

Texts 428(15)

Tim William Machan

Translation 443(16)

Roger Ellis

Visualizing 459(21)

Sarah Stanbury

Women 480(15)

Nicky Hallett
Index 495