Characters of the Canterbury Tales Chaucers Prologue to The Canterbury Tales.
Canterbury Tales: Key Concepts
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Canterbury Tales: Key Concepts
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Meet the PilgrimsRULING CLASS & NOBILITY CHURCH COMMON PEOPLE
KnightSquireFranklin
MonkPrioressFriarParsonSummonerPardoner
YeomanMerchant (middle class)Clerk Sergeant-of-the-LawTradesmenCookShipmanPhysicianWife of BathPlowmanMillerMancipleReeve
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Commoners: Two LevelsWealthier workers Poorer workers
MerchantSergeant-of-the-LawTradesmenShipmanPhysicianWife of BathMancipleReeve
YeomanClerkCookPlowmanMiller
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Pardoner
• Pardoner – someone who sells church indulgences for sins against the church– Sins could only be confessed to priests, not
pardoners– Very corrupt profession– Promised things beyond their power– Brought in money for Church• Vatican
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The Pardoner
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Miller
• A person who operates a mill• Mill = a machine for grinding flour – Very old factories– Different types of mills• Watermills• Windmills• Cotton & steel mills
• Millers = usually richer than most peasants, but poor compared to rest of society
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Medieval Miller
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Frame Story
• A larger story that includes several related smaller stories– Frame – the beginning & ending of a story– Cyclical frame story – a story in which numerous
tales are connected