Geoffrey chaucer
The
Summoner brings persons accused of violating Church law to
ecclesiastical court. This Summoner is a lecherous man whose face is scarred by leprosy. He gets drunk
frequently, is irritable, and is not particularly
qualified for his position. He spouts the few words of Latin he knows in an attempt to sound educated.
The Pardoner (est: INDULGENTSIMÜÜJA): Describe his personality and looks? How did he make his
money? How religious was he? Pardoners granted
papal indulgences--reprieves from penance in exchange for charitable donations to the Church. Many
pardoners, including this one, collected profits
for themselves. In fact, Chaucer's Pardoner excels in fraud, carrying a bag full of fake relics--for example, he
claims to have the veil of the Virgin Mary.
The Pardoner has long, greasy, yellow hair and is beardless. These characteristics were associated with
shiftiness and gender ambiguity in Chaucer's time.
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