A Monk Ther Was, a Fair for the Maistrie
- Author / Editor
- Hermann, John P.
A Monk Ther Was, a Fair for the Maistrie
- 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. 69-79.
- Description
- Summarizes the history, ideals, and practice of medieval monks as background to understanding the GP sketch of the Monk and the monk of ShT. The Monk is preoccupied with the diversion of monastic administration, while the Shipman's Daun John is more sinister.
- Alternative Title
- Chaucer's Pilgrims: An Historical Guide to the Pilgrims in "The Canterbury Tales."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Monk and His Tale.
- Shipman and His Tale.
- General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.