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  2. The Friar's Tale - Wikipedia

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    The Friar from the Ellesmere Manuscript of Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales "The Friar's Tale" (Middle English: The Freres Tale) is a story in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, told by Huberd the Friar. The story centers on a corrupt summoner and his interactions with the Devil.

  3. The Summoner's Tale - Wikipedia

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    The tale is a fierce counterpunch to the preceding tale by the Friar, who had delivered an attack on summoners. Summoners were officials in ecclesiastical courts who delivered a summons to people who had been brought up on various charges; [ 1 ] the office was prone to corruption, since summoners were infamous for threatening to bring people up ...

  4. List of The Canterbury Tales characters - Wikipedia

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    The Pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer are the main characters in the framing narrative of the book. In addition, they can be considered as characters of the framing narrative the Host, who travels with the pilgrims, the Canon, and the fictive Geoffrey Chaucer, the teller of the tale of Sir Thopas (who might be considered distinct from the Chaucerian narrator, who is in turn ...

  5. The Canterbury Tales (film) - Wikipedia

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    Pasolini also changed the order of these tales after removing the introduction scenes. In the original version, the tales proceeded as follows: The Miller's Tale > The Reeve's Tale > The Cook's Tale > Sir Thopas > The Wife of Bath's Tale > The Merchant's Tale > The Friar's Tale > The Summoner's Tale > The Pardoner's Tale.

  6. The Three Perils of Man - Wikipedia

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    Egress from the castle being impossible, the friar having blasted the keys away along with Gourlay, Michael proposes a story-telling competition with Delany as the prize. Ch. 5: In 'The Friar's Tale' the friar tells a story of lost love in biblical style. Ch. 6: Delany turns out to be the daughter of the friar's lost love.

  7. The Nun's Priest's Tale - Wikipedia

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    "The Nun's Priest's Tale" (Middle English: The Nonnes Preestes Tale of the Cok and Hen, Chauntecleer and Pertelote [1]) is one of The Canterbury Tales by the Middle English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Composed in the 1390s, it is a beast fable and mock epic based on an incident in the Reynard cycle .

  8. General Prologue - Wikipedia

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    The frame story of the poem, as set out in the 858 lines of Middle English which make up the General Prologue, is of a religious pilgrimage. The narrator, Geoffrey Chaucer, is in The Tabard Inn in Southwark, where he meets a group of 'sundry folk' who are all on the way to Canterbury, the site of the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket, a martyr reputed to have the power of healing the sinful.

  9. A Canterbury Tale - Wikipedia

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    A Canterbury Tale is a 1944 British film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger starring Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price and Sgt. John Sweet; Esmond Knight provided narration and played two small roles. For the post-war American release, Raymond Massey narrated and Kim Hunter was added to the film.