The Ecclesiastical Pilgrims of the 'Canterbury Tales': A Study in Ethology
- Author / Editor
- Engelhardt, George J.
The Ecclesiastical Pilgrims of the 'Canterbury Tales': A Study in Ethology
- Published
- Mediaeval Studies 37 (1975): 287-315.
- Description
- Each of the ecclesiastical pilgrims of CT is related to a type of ethos codified in church commentary. The Clerk, who gladly teaches and learns, is a kind of "hilaris dator". The Monk is a "praelatus puer" whose passion for hunting makes him a "clericus venator" as well.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General.