Basically if you knew that you had sinned you would wait until a pardoner was in your region selling an indulgence and purchase one. |
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There's a prim prioress, a pardoner in shabby green velvet, an enigmatic woman in fur-trimmed crimson. |
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That wartime summer, the film's locations came haunted by the ghosts of the pardoner, the falconer, the garrulous wife of Bath. |
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Scattered references to the Tales include Chaucer's declaration that he will use his verse to vilify a summoner and a pardoner who have cheated him. |
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This last deals with a debate between a Palmer, a Pardoner, an apothecary and a Pedlar. |
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Chaucer's Pardoner openly admits the corruption of his practice while hawking his wares. |
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The Monk and the Prioress, on the other hand, while not as corrupt as the Summoner or Pardoner, fall far short of the ideal for their orders. |
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Two characters, the Pardoner and the Summoner, whose roles apply the Church's secular power, are both portrayed as deeply corrupt, greedy, and abusive. |
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