Studies in Chaucer, Vol. 2 of 3

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Excerpt from Studies in Chaucer, Vol. 2 of 3: His Life and WritingsLaw's tale, 489, Ms tale, 490, 491, Chaucerf tssi relig-i'ous opinions not revealed by istreligious poems, 491, tendencies of religious belief to which he was exposed, 492, effects of Wycliffe's teachings, 492 - 494, prevalence of scepti cal views, 494, 495, sceptical nature of Chaucer's mind, 495 505, his attitude towards the history of King Arthur, 496, 497, towards judicial astrology, 497 - 499, towards common beliefs implying the interposition of preternatural agencies, 499, 500, towards alchemy, 500-502, towards credulity in gen eral, 502, 503, towards religion, 503-505, irreverence of Chau cer's age, 505, 506, Chaucer's otvn lack of reverence, 506-509, change in his religious views, 509, 510, his early attitude tow ards religion, 510 - 512, his later attitude towards religion, 512 515, circumspection of his utterances, 515 - 517, hostility to the Church shown in his later work, 517-522, his method of ad vancing dangerous Opinions, 522, the prologue to the Wife of' Qagh's tale and its attack upon celibacy, 522-527, prologueto the Monkisiale, 527-530, Chaucer's interest in doctrinal the ology, 531 - 53 5, in predestination and free-will, 533, his aver. Sion to asceticism, 535, 536.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.