And Preestes Thre

Author / Editor
Cox, Catherine (S.)

Title
And Preestes Thre

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. 55-68.

Description
Describes the medieval ecclesiastical hierarchy and places Chaucer's Nun's Priest in the hierarchy, identifying the training and responsibilities of medieval priests and the particular activities of priests who ministered to cloistered nuns and accompanied them while they traveled.

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

Chaucer Subjects
Nun's Priest and His Tale.
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.