In Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Friar's Prologue" and "The Friar's Tale" from The Canterbury Tales, the superiority of the clergyman is explained. ... If the summoner is not paid, the person is damned to Hell and an afterlife of pain. Most of these summoners kept the money they were given. ... When the summoner meets an old woman who cannot spare anything and claims she is guiltless, the summoner goes with the devil to Hell. ... Unfortunately, the majority of the church leaders were closer to the vicious summoner than the compassionate friar. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

There are several examples in Chaucer's famed Canterbury Tales. ... The tale says his favorite pastime is hunting, whereas a monk should! ... The privilege of the forum states that a cleric cannot be summoned before a lay court to be tried before a lay judge (Strayer Vol 3 445). ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

There are several examples in Chaucer's famed Canterbury Tales. ... The tale says his favorite pastime is hunting, whereas a monk should spend his days in prayer and labor. ... The privilege of the forum states that a cleric cannot be summoned before a lay court to be tried before a lay judge (Strayer Vol 3 445). ...

• Word Count: 1267
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School