The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue & Frame Story Allusions

Literary and Philosophical References

• Benedict, Rule of St Benedict (General Prologue 173)
• Augustine of Hippo (General Prologue 187)
• Aristotle (General Prologue 295)
• Seneca (Man of Law's Introduction 25)
• Ovid, Epistles (Heroides) (Man of Law's Introduction 54 – 55)
• Ovid, Metamorphoses (Man of Law's Introduction 93)
• Canacee (Man of Law's Introduction 78)
• Appollonius of Tyre (Man of Law's Introduction 81)
• Antiochus (Man of Law's Introduction 82)
• Francis Petrarch (Clerk's Prologue 31)
• Cicero (Franklin's Prologue 13)
• Cato (Canon's Yeoman's Prologue 135)
• Bacchus (Manciple's Prologue 99)

References to Medical Authorities (General Prologue 429 – 434)

• Aesculapius
• Deyscorides
• Rufus
• Hippocrates
• Haly
• Galen
• Serapion
• Averroes
• Damascien
• Constantyn
• Bernard
• Gatesden
• Gilbertyn

References to Chaucer's Own Work

• Legend of Good Women (Man of Law's Introduction 61 & ff, Retraction 6)
• Troilus and Criseyde(Retraction 6)
• House of Fame (Retraction 6)
• Book of the Duchess (Retraction 7)
• Parliament of Fowls (Retraction 7)
• Canterbury Tales (Retraction 7)
• Book of the Lion [not extant] (Retraction 7)
• Translation of Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy (Retraction 8)

Biblical References

• Genesis 1 (General Prologue 254)
• John 1 (General Prologue 254)
• The Gospels (General Prologue 498)
• Solomon (Cook's Prologue 6)
• Paul, Letter to Timothy (Parson's Prologue 32)
• Saint John (Man of Law's Introduction 18)