A Frere Ther Was, a Wantowne and a Meryee

Author / Editor
Hagen, Karl T.

Title
A Frere Ther Was, a Wantowne and a Meryee

Published
Laura C. Lambdin and Robert T. Lambdin, eds. Chaucer's Pilgrims: An Historical Guide to the Pilgrims in the "Canterbury Tales" (Westport, Conn.; and London: Greenwood, 1996), pp. 80-92.

Description
Summarizes the history and organization of the four fraternal orders, focusing on the Franciscans and Dominicans. Chaucer's Friar and the friar of SumT are fictional renderings of the antifraternal outlooks of William of St. Amour and Richard Fitz-Ralph.

Alternative Title
Chaucer's Pilgrims: An Historical Guide to the Pilgrims in "The Canterbury Tales."

Chaucer Subjects
Friar and His Tale.
Summoner and His Tale.
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.