'Covent' in the 'Summoner's Tale'

Author / Editor
Jungman, Robert E.

Title
'Covent' in the 'Summoner's Tale'

Published
Mississippi Folklore Register 14 (1980): 20-23.

Description
In SumT "covent" refers not only to the Friar's house, but also to witches' "coven," as indicated by various references to witchcraft or demonology--thus suggestiong that the friar is a witch.

Chaucer Subjects
Summoner and His Tale.