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The Canterbury Tales

This pilgrim is the best at his profession. He knows the cause of every malady and can cure most. He keeps himself in perfect physical condition, but it is his spiritual condition we must worry about.

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The Physician or Doctor

This pilgrim is the Parson’s brother and is good-hearted also. He tithes the church on time and leads a good Christian life.

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The Plowman

This pilgrim was is charge of getting provisions. Despite his lack of education, he is smarter than the thirty lawyers he feeds.

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The Manciple

This pilgrim devotes his time to hunting and eating. This is in direct conflict with the rules of the monasteries. He is large, loud, and well dressed in hunting boots and furs.

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The Monk

This pilgrim works for the guildsman. The irony is that his job requires that he be clean; he has a large crusty sore on his knee.

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The Cook

This pilgrim’s name means “free man”. He is a connoisseur of food and wine, so much so that his table remains laid and ready for food all day.

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The Franklin

This pilgrim is large and merry. He mediates among the pilgrims and keeps the contest going.

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The Host

This pilgrim is a seamstress. She has been married five times and is well schooled in the art of love. She is deaf in one ear and has a gap between her front teeth.

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The Wife of Bath

This pilgrim excuses your sins in exchange for money for the Church. He excels at fraud by carrying fake relics which he claims are holy. His yellow hair is compared to rat tails; he is unable to grow a beard.

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The Pardoner

This pilgrim tells the first tale. He represents the ideal of a medieval Christian man-at-arms. He is brave, experienced, and prudent.

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The Knight

This pilgrim is stout and brawny, with a wart on the end of his nose. His mouth is compared to a furnace suggesting that he is hot-tempered and full of hot air.

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The Miller

This pilgrim is a roaming priest with no ties to a monastery. He is willing to befriend young women or men who need his services. He often accepts bribes.

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The Friar

This pilgrim is modest and quiet, the head of her convent. She is overly dainty when it comes to manners. She knows a little French, and is charitable and compassionate.

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The Prioress

This pilgrim is a poor student of philosophy who would rather spend his money on books rather than fine clothes. He speaks little, but when he does, his words are wise and full of moral virtue.

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The Clerk

This pilgrim is the only devout Churchman in the crowd. He lives in poverty and serves as a “shepherd” to his “flock”, making sure to practice what he preaches.

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The Parson

This pilgrim brings those who have violated church law to court. His face is scarred by leprosy. He is irritable and, when drunk, spouts off phrases in Latin.

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The Summoner

The knight’s apprentice. He is curly-haired, youthfully handsome, and loves dancing and courting.

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The Squire

A pilgrim who speaks about other pilgrims from his observations and first-hand experiences. He presents himself as gregarious and naïve.

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The Narrator

This pilgrim trades in furs and other cloths, mostly from Flanders. He is part of a wealthy and powerful class of society.

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The Merchant

This pilgrim accompanies the knight and squire. His dress and weapons suggest that he may be a forester.

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The Yeoman

This pilgrim upholds justice in matters large and small and knows every statute of England’s law by heart.

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The Man of Law

This pilgrim is brown-skinned from years of sailing, and has seen every bay and river in England. He is a bit of a rascal, known for stealing wine while the ship’s captain sleeps.

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The Shipman (Skipper)