Canterbury Tales Characters

Madame Eglantine (The Prioress)

Travels with her pack of dogs, has a brooch that says “love conquers all”, something wrong for a nun, not legit

The Monk

He has a love-knot, he disagrees with St Augustine that all monks should do manual labor, not legit

Oxford Cleric (Oxford Student)

Patterned after Geoffrey Chaucer himself, spends every dime on books, incredibly smart, legit character

Sergeant of Law

King’s lawyer, legit character

Cook

He has an oozing ulcer on his leg, alcoholic with a red face

Summoner

Pimples, alcoholic face, children were afraid of him

The Parson

He is a shepherd, the only religious person Chaucer admires out of the whole group

The Merchant

Chaucer cannot remember what his name is, he has forked beard

The Franklin

Traveling with the lawyer, never short on food or wine, elected to parliament

Wife of Bath

Her hose were scarlet red, she has 5 husbands all at the same time

Skipper (the shipman)

Made all prisoners walk the plank, has a sea leg

The Doctor

Depended on astrology and the stars for medicine, travels with his pharmacist

The Knight

Shown as most noble of the pilgrims

The Squire

Knight’s son, has an attitude towards women, LOVES the ladies

The 5 Guildsmen

Habdershaer (makes clothes)

Carpenter

Weaver

Dyer

Tapestry maker

—> Apart of the rising lower class

The Friar

He keeps pocket knives and different pieces in his hood, his name is Hubert

The Miller

He has a massive wart with hair growing out of it, over 200 pounds

The Plowman

Brother to the priest AKA the parson (the man who married people), he lived the true ‘golden rule’, he is a saint

The Manciple

A business agent, in charge of a law firm in England, he steals! Not legit.

The Reeve

Super intendant of a farming estate, he rides a horse named Scot, last pilgrim in line, he is embezzling, steals from the owner of the estate

The Yeoman

He is the servant for the Knight and Squire, he is a forester/hunter, he wears a metal around his neck of Saint Christopher

The Pardoner

Carries a pillowcase around that he claims belonged to the Virgin Mary, greedy, very feminine