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Building on Kathleen Davis’s critique of periodization and Geraldine Heng’s theory of romance as historical actant, it argues that the tale mobilizes Manichean dualism, presenting religious difference as metaphysical opposition. Close readings of zoomorphic metaphors (lamb, serpent, scorpion) and moral polarization between Custance and the Sultaness show how medieval allegory encodes a crusade mentality. Comparative engagement with modern political and media texts highlights the durability of these logics in sustaining war, surveillance, and civilizational hierarchy.","cbCaifue21AT7fRB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifue21AT7fRB","pdf",360329,1,9,"English","en","# Introduction\n## Transtemporal comparative methodology\n## Crusade mentality and Manichean allegory\n## Zoomorphic metaphor and ideological afterlives","[{\"question\":\"How does the article connect Chaucer’s tale to post-9/11 political rhetoric?\",\"answer\":\"It reads Chaucer’s Man of Law’s Tale as a transhistorical site where crusading discourse produces durable ideological structures that persist in post-9/11 rhetoric.\"},{\"question\":\"What theoretical approaches does the article rely on?\",\"answer\":\"It draws on Kathleen Davis’s critique of periodization and Geraldine Heng’s concept of romance as a historical actant to trace ideological continuities across time.\"},{\"question\":\"Which textual elements are analyzed to explain the “crusade mentality”?\",\"answer\":\"The article focuses on zoomorphic metaphors (lamb, serpent, scorpion) and the moral polarization between Custance and the Sultaness to show how Manichean cosmology supports othering and war-justifying logic.\"}]",1780520633,14,{"code":4,"msg":28,"data":29},"ok",{"site_id":30,"language":22,"slug":31,"title":13,"keywords":32,"description":14,"schema_data":33,"social_meta":84,"head_meta":86,"extra_data":88,"updated_unix":25},105,"chaucers-man-of-laws-tale-and-the-post-911-crusade-mentality","",{"@graph":34,"@context":83},[35,51,66],{"@type":36,"itemListElement":37},"BreadcrumbList",[38,42,45,48],{"item":39,"name":40,"@type":41,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":43,"name":44,"@type":41,"position":11},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",{"item":46,"name":12,"@type":41,"position":47},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/literature/",3,{"item":49,"name":13,"@type":41,"position":50},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/chaucers-man-of-laws-tale-and-the-post-911-crusade-mentality/31946/",4,{"url":49,"name":13,"@type":52,"author":53,"headline":13,"publisher":55,"fileFormat":58,"description":14,"dateModified":59,"datePublished":60,"encodingFormat":58,"isAccessibleForFree":61,"interactionStatistic":62},"DigitalDocument",{"name":9,"@type":54},"Person",{"url":39,"name":56,"@type":57},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-06-04","2026-06-03",true,{"@type":63,"interactionType":64,"userInteractionCount":19},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":65},"ViewAction",{"@type":67,"mainEntity":68},"FAQPage",[69,75,79],{"name":70,"@type":71,"acceptedAnswer":72},"How does the article connect Chaucer’s tale to post-9/11 political rhetoric?","Question",{"text":73,"@type":74},"It reads Chaucer’s Man of Law’s Tale as a transhistorical site where crusading discourse produces durable ideological structures that persist in post-9/11 rhetoric.","Answer",{"name":76,"@type":71,"acceptedAnswer":77},"What theoretical approaches does the article rely on?",{"text":78,"@type":74},"It draws on Kathleen Davis’s critique of periodization and Geraldine Heng’s concept of romance as a historical actant to trace ideological continuities across time.",{"name":80,"@type":71,"acceptedAnswer":81},"Which textual elements are analyzed to explain the “crusade mentality”?",{"text":82,"@type":74},"The article focuses on zoomorphic metaphors (lamb, serpent, scorpion) and the moral polarization between Custance and the Sultaness to show how Manichean cosmology supports othering and war-justifying logic.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":49,"og:type":85,"og:title":13,"og:site_name":56,"og:description":14},"article",{"robots":87,"canonical":49},"index,follow",{"doc_id":7,"site_id":30}]