In today’s episode, we’ll be exploring the mysterious life of the Summoner, one of the characters from the Canterbury Tales.
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In today’s episode, we’ll be exploring the mysterious life of the Summoner, one of the characters from the Canterbury Tales. The Summoner is a church official who is responsible for summoning people to appear before the church court. But as we’ll learn, the Summoner had a secret life as a hitman, carrying out dirty work for the church in exchange for money. So, join us as we explore the life and times of the Summoner from the Canterbury Tales. Who was this mysterious character, and what was he really like behind closed doors? Tune in to find out.
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After hearing the Friar’s tale, the Summoner is angry and sarcastically suggests that the Friar told a well-documented story since friars and fiends are always good friends. He then recalls for the other pilgrims the story of the friar who once had a vision of hell and, while being guided through hell by an angel, never saw a single friar. The friar wondered aloud whether all friars were in a state of grace; in response, the angel asked Satan to lift up his tail. Suddenly twenty thousand friars were seen swarming around Satan’s “arse.” Having made his point about the friars in general, the Summoner tells another insulting story about one friar in particular.
A friar, who goes about seeking contributions, promises prayers and possible salvation in exchange for anything his parishioners will give. Once back at the convent, the friar promptly forgets to make the promised prayers. One day, the friar goes to the home of old Thomas, a rich but uneducated old man who has been ill for a long time. The friar assures Thomas that he and his brother friars have been praying for him.
When Thomas’ wife enters the house, the friar kisses and fondles her. She requests that he preach to Thomas about anger because Thomas is so unpleasant. Before leaving, the wife reminds the Friar that her baby died recently. The friar pretends to know this because he and the other friars have seen the child being carried upward, and they have prayed and fasted. He gives the wife a long sermon on the virtues of fasting and sins of gluttony.
The friar then turns to Thomas and embarks upon a long sermon on the necessity of avoiding excessive wealth. He assures Thomas that the convent prays for him every night and that Thomas should donate a portion of his gold to the convent. In fact, he says that Thomas should give everything to the friars. The friar then preaches the sin of anger and quotes many classical examples. In so doing, he makes Thomas angrier and angrier until Thomas finally says that he has a gift for the friar, on the condition that the friar swears to share the gift with the other friars. When the friar agrees, Thomas tells him to “reach down your hand beneath my buttocks, and there you are sure to find something I have hidden there.” The friar quickly runs his hand down the cleft of the old man’s buttocks, and at that moment the old man lets out an enormous fart.
Enraged and disgusted, the friar leaves Thomas and goes to see a wealthy lord, whom he tells of this insult, saying, “I won’t be asked to divide what cannot be divided into equal parts.” The lord’s servant explains how the fart can be equally divided. The lord and his lady — everyone except the friar — thinks the servant’s answer is excellent.
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