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uyx,^(^ TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



CONNECTICUT ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIEKCES 



Incorporated A. D. 1799 



YOIUME 20, PAGES 161-240 FEBRUARY, 1916 



The Historical Background 

 of Chaucer's Knight 



BY 



ALBERT STANBURROUGH COOK 



PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 

 IN YALE UNIVERSITY 



YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS 



NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 

 1916 



