The Sinner Against the Scoundrels: The Ills of Doctrine and 'Shrift' in the Wife of Bath's, Friar's and Summoner's Narratives
- Author / Editor
- Kamowski, William.
The Sinner Against the Scoundrels: The Ills of Doctrine and 'Shrift' in the Wife of Bath's, Friar's and Summoner's Narratives
- Published
- Religion and Literature 25 (1993): 1-18.
- Description
- Argues that fragment III of CT is a coherent, extended critique of corruption of the sacrament of penance. WBT provides a "model for how penance should be practiced," while FrT and SumT reflect abuse of the sacrament through economic and bureaucratic distortion.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
- Friar and His Tale.
- Summoner and His Tale.