Nicholas Trivet's The Life of Constance

Hello,

I haven't heard that anyone else focused on "The Man of Law's Tale" for their first paper, but it is possible that someone will need to spend time with it for the longer paper we will be working on sooner or later. If you turn out to be one such person I highly recommend a resource that is available for free on GoogleBooks because, well, it's awesome.

F.J. Furnivall, W.A. Clouston and Edmund Brock published Originals and Analogues of some of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales all the way back in 1872, but their work is awe-inspiring. I specifically used the book for its information about Nicholas Trivet's The Life of Constance, which was the primary resource Geoffrey Chaucer obviously drew from for "The Man of Law's Tale." Believe it or not, Brock's translation my still be the only available English translation of Trivet's Norman French. Moreover, the three co-editors have also translated and/or provided editions of sources Chaucer used for his other texts.

If you want to or need to do source analysis, I think this may be one of the best resources you can get your hands on. It was a major help to me, and I'm sure it could well be for you, as well.

Originals and Analogues of some of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales