A Sumonour Was Ther with Us in That Place
- Author / Editor
- Keller, James.
A Sumonour Was Ther with Us in That Place
- 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. 300-313.
- Description
- Examines the structure of the medieval ecclesiastical court system and the role of the summoner, or apparitor, within that system. The Summoner and the summoner of FrT, as portraits of "two damned souls," reflect Chaucer's knowledge of the "duties and corruptions of the apparitor."
- Alternative Title
- Chaucer's Pilgrims: An Historical Guide to the Pilgrims in "The Canterbury Tales."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Summoner and His Tale.
- Friar and His Tale.
- General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.