Chaucer and Religious Controversies in the Medieval and Early Modern ErasChaucer and Religious Controversies in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras adopts a comparative, boundary crossing approach to consider one of the most canonical of literary figures, Geoffrey Chaucer. The idea that Chaucer is an international writer raises no eyebrows. Similarly, a claim that Chaucer's writings participate in English confessional controversies in his own day and afterward provokes no surprise. This book breaks new ground by considering