Srs Canterbury Tales job descriptions
Medieval Career Corner (Circa 1066-1485)Knight Must live by chivalric code:SquireCandidate for knighthoodYeomanServant to the Knight and SquireNun, PrioressHas made the monastic vows of poverty, obedience and chastityMonkHas made the monastic vows of poverty, obedience and chastity. The monk led a cloistered life of work, study, and prayer. Benedictines took an additional vow never to leave the lands of the monastery without the express permission of their superior.FriarSpent his life out in the world preaching and administering to the poor. This friar is a (mendicant) licensed to begMerchantSalesOxford ClericA cleric is any person in the holy orders or an ecclesiastical student. The medieval university was originally founded to train young men for church.Serjeant at the LawThe most eminent members of the legal profession in Medieval England: at the time that Chaucer wrote, there were only about twenty in the entire country. The FranklinThe Franklin is a country landowner. In Chaucer’s day, a franklin was a man of some substance, ranking just below the gentry in the social order.The Five Guildsmen(Haberdasher, Dyer, Carpenter, Weaver, and a Carpet-maker)Guilds are societies to regulate prices and standards. The first people to form guilds were the merchants. A craftsman’s guild became a type of extended family of friendship and support.The CookServant to the guild-fraternity and their wives.The SkipperA captain of a ship.DoctorDoctors would often treat patients according to the laws of astrology and the medieval theory of humors. The health of the body was thought to be determined by the condition and balance of four humors: blood (hot and moist), choler or yellow bile (hot and dry), phlegm (cold and moist), and melancholy or black bile (cold and dry).Wife of BathRemember that the church discouraged remarriage. The Parson The Parson was a village clergyman or a parish priest. The PlowmanThe plowman is the common laborer, at the bottom of the feudal scale.The MillerA miller buys and sells grains.The MancipleA manciple was a steward or servant who purchased provisions for a college or, in this case, for one of the Inns of Court, the four ancient law schools in London.The ReeveA reeve served as the superintendent of an estate.The SummonerSummoners were employees of the ecclesiastical courts, sent by the justices to summon those suspected of offenses against Church law. By Chaucer’s day summoners had become notorious for blackmailing people by threatening to have them called into court.The PardonerPardoners were members of the church authorized to pardon the sins of the people. The tricks and abuses of privilege by pardoners were widely known in Chaucer’s day. Pardons were not for sale. In order for an individual to be absolved from sin, three conditions had to be met: Contrition in one’s own heart Confession to a priest who then gave absolution Penance to remove temporal guilt.In addition, Pardoners were not licensed to sell relics (religious artifacts).The HostThere is substantial evidence that the host actually is Harry Bailey, the operator of a tavern in Southwark during Chaucer’s time. ................
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