Serving Venus: Attitudes to Authority in The House of Fame, The Kingis Quair and The Palice of Honoure

Royan, Nicola

Abstract

While Douglas's debt to Chaucer's House of Fame has received critical attention, there has been less attention to his more immediate Scottish literary context. This article considers the poem's textual parallels with The Kingis Quair, in particular attitudes to Venus and her authority, and relates them to Douglas's circumstances at the point of composition.

Citation

Royan, N. (2021). Serving Venus: Attitudes to Authority in The House of Fame, The Kingis Quair and The Palice of Honoure. The Mediaeval Journal, 10(1), 81-104

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 2, 2021
• Publication Date: Nov 3, 2021
• Deposit Date: Nov 11, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 4, 2023
• Journal: The Mediaeval Journal
• Print ISSN: 2033-5385
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 81-104
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/6608773
• Publisher URL: http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503587622-1