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Chaucer’s Tale of Sir Thopas

Chaucer’s Tale of Sir Thopas. Chaucer’s Tale of Melibee. -a close translation of Renaud de Louens ’ Livre de Melib ée et de Dame Prudence (c. 1336). -Renaud’s Livre is a translation of Albertanus of Brescia’s moral treatise, Liber consolationis et consilii (1246).

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Chaucer’s Tale of Sir Thopas

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  1. Chaucer’s Tale of Sir Thopas

  2. Chaucer’s Tale of Melibee -a close translation of Renaud de Louens’ Livre de Melibée et de Dame Prudence (c. 1336). -Renaud’s Livre is a translation of Albertanus of Brescia’s moral treatise, Liber consolationis et consilii(1246)

  3. “a moral tale vertuous” • What is the right and just response to insult and injury? • And what makes it difficult to respond rightly and justly? • What is the difference between just punishment and vengeance? • What is the difference between submitting to “maistrie” versus good council? • How can one tell the difference between good and bad council? • How does one find the truth among a diversity of perspectives? (“Diverse folk diversely they seyde” [I.3857].)

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