Summoner

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The Summoner is a lecherous, corrupt church officer in Geoffrey Chaucer’s *The Canterbury Tales* who abuses his position to extort and intimidate others.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Summoner canonical 1
the Summoner 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf character in The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
affiliation medieval Church ⓘ
appearsIn The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
appearsInSection The General Prologue ⓘ
The Summoner's Prologue ⓘ
linked to: The Summoner's Tale

The Summoner's Tale ⓘ
associatedTale The Summoner's Tale ⓘ
createdBy Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
describedIn General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
languageOfWork Middle English ⓘ
literaryFunction exposes abuse of church courts ⓘ
satire of ecclesiastical corruption ⓘ
medium poetry ⓘ
moralAlignment corrupt ⓘ
hypocritical ⓘ
lecherous ⓘ
narrates The Summoner's Tale ⓘ
nationality English (fictional) ⓘ
notableTrait abuses ecclesiastical authority ⓘ
accepts bribes ⓘ
blackmails offenders ⓘ
extorts money from people ⓘ
intimidates others using church law ⓘ
occupation summoner ⓘ
portrayedAs morally degenerate ⓘ
physically unattractive ⓘ
relationship rival of the Friar in The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
religion Christianity (corrupt church officer) ⓘ
roleInWork pilgrim in The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
themeAssociation abuse of power ⓘ
church corruption ⓘ
hypocrisy in religious officials ⓘ
timePeriodOfFiction late 14th century England ⓘ
workGenre Middle English narrative poetry ⓘ
frame narrative ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Summoner's Tale → teller → the Summoner ⓘ
linked to: Summoner