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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 ...
Ten Summoner's Tales is the fourth solo studio album by English musician Sting. The title is a combined pun of his family name, Sumner, and a character in Geoffrey Chaucer 's The Canterbury Tales , the summoner.
The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) [2] is a collection of twenty-four stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. [3] It is widely regarded as Chaucer's magnum opus.
"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. It is preceded by The Wife of Bath's Tale and followed by The Summoner's Tale.
The Pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer are the main characters in the framing narrative of the book. [1]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 ...
The Friar tells his tale to offend the Summoner. The Summoner begins his tale. He states "Everyone here knows how friars are such frequent visitors to Hell. The Summoner's Tale was also much longer and included scenes of the Friar sexually harassing the dying Thomas' wife. The Pardoner delivers his tale.
"Seven Days" is the sixth track on Ten Summoner's Tales and has a duration of 4 minutes and 40 seconds. [9] After the release of "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You", the song was lifted as the album's second single on April 12, 1993. [1] In the UK, "Seven Days" debuted and peaked at number 25 on the Official Singles Chart. It spent a total of four ...
"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 .