CR Episode 90: Canterbury Tales XII – The Parson’s Tale and Chaucer’s Retraction

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A MS illustration depicting Cherubim, the Ladder of Virtues, and the Tree of Penitence
A MS illustration depicting Cherubim, the Ladder of Virtues, and the Tree of Penitence

Download Link: Released 2021.08.09

The panel concludes its summer reading of The Canterbury Tales with a look at penitence, sin, and freedom in The Parson’s Tale, and then considers whether Chaucer’s Retraction (Boece excluded!) is an appropriate end to the Tales and to Chaucer’s oeuvre.