Abstract
While medieval romance tales often provide an uncomplicated endorsement of the nobility and of aristocratic values, this article analyses how the way in which the romance genre functions in the Knight’s Tale suggests an awareness of the threat posed to the chivalric worldview by socio-economic changes in Chaucer’s society. The article argues that Chaucer employs some significant deviations from traditional romance conventions, and makes key adaptations to his tale from its main source, Boccaccio’s Teseida, in order to engage with a tension between a traditional communal feudal ideology and a newer more individualist and commercial outlook present in Chaucer’s society.
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