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Tag: The Summoner’s Tale

The Wife of Bath in an Illuminated Manuscript

CR Episode 83: Canterbury Tales V – The Wife of Bath’s, Friar’s, and Summoner’s Tales

21 June 2021 Critical Readings

Clinton Collister joins the panel to discuss Fragment III and its potential connexions to The Man of Law’s Tale (Fragment II), with a focus on the role of justice, legalism, crime, intent, contractual obligations, and the judicial purpose of punishment.

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