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OtaƱo Gracia, Nahir I. "Borders and the Global North Atlantic: Chaucer, Pilgrimage, and Crusade." English Language Notes 58, no. 2 (2020): 35-49.
Explores the conceptualization of Africa and Iberia within the medieval English works of Chaucer. The article illuminates the ways in which Chaucer deployed key concepts of pilgrimage and crusade to formulate a vision of European Christian military-commercial dominance over Muslim and non-Christian 'frontiers' and foreign lands. It engages the study of religion, English literature, and (proto)colonialism, among other fields.