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Who murdered Chaucer? : a medieval mystery / Terry Jones ... [et al.]

Contributor(s):

Jones, Terry, , 1942-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin´s Griffin , 2006, c2003.Description: 408 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780312335885

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

821.1 JON

LOC classification:

PR1905 .W48 2004

Summary: Claiming that this work is more a "wasitdunnatall" than a whodunnit, former Monty Python member Jones and his coauthors (all professors specializing in medieval English literature) offer a well-researched argument that Chaucer may not have died peacefully. While Chaucer thrived during the reign of Richard II, who was a patron of the arts and tolerant of religious dissent, the authors suggest that under Henry IV, who usurped the throne from Richard, Chaucer became a marked man. Thomas Arundel, the tyrannical Archbishop of Canterbury under Henry IV, is considered the main suspect in Chaucer's possible murder.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	821.1 JON (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		007724

Originally published: London : Methuen, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [386]-398) and index.

Claiming that this work is more a "wasitdunnatall" than a whodunnit, former Monty Python member Jones and his coauthors (all professors specializing in medieval English literature) offer a well-researched argument that Chaucer may not have died peacefully. While Chaucer thrived during the reign of Richard II, who was a patron of the arts and tolerant of religious dissent, the authors suggest that under Henry IV, who usurped the throne from Richard, Chaucer became a marked man. Thomas Arundel, the tyrannical Archbishop of Canterbury under Henry IV, is considered the main suspect in Chaucer's possible murder.

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