Manciple

  • 41principle — /prin seuh peuhl/, n. 1. an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles. 2. a fundamental, primary, or general law or truth from which others are derived: the principles of modern physics. 3. a fundamental… …

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  • 42English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …

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  • 43The Franklin's Tale — Dorigen and Aurelius, from Mrs. Haweis s, Chaucer for Children (1877). Note the black rocks in the sea and the setting of the garden, a typical site for courtly love. The Franklin s Tale (Middle English: The Frankeleyns Tale) is one of The… …

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  • 44The Clerk's Tale — The Clerk from The Canterbury Tales The Clerk s Tale is the first tale of Group E (Fragment IV) in Geoffrey Chaucer s The Canterbury Tales. It is preceded by The Summoner s Tale and followed by The Merchant s Tale. The Clerk of Oxenford (modern… …

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  • 45D. W. Robertson, Jr. — External images Photo of D.W. Robertson, Jr. from Princeton Alumni Weekly October 21 1998 Durant Waite Robertson, Jr., (Washington, D …

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  • 46The Man of Law's Tale — The Man of Law (or lawyer) from The Canterbury Tales The Man of Law s Tale (also called The Lawyer s Tale) is the fifth of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, written around 1387. Contents …

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  • 47The Merchant's Tale — Contents 1 Summary of the tale 2 The Fabliau debate 3 Sources and variants …

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  • 48The Miller's Tale — For the 1996 rock album, see The Miller s Tale: A Tom Verlaine Anthology. The character Miller from The Miller s Prologue and Tale The Miller s Tale (Middle English: The Milleres Tale) is the second of Geoffrey Chaucer s Canterbury Tales (1380s… …

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  • 49The Monk's Tale — For the 1913 film, see The Old Monk s Tale. The Monk s Tale is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The Monk s tale to the other pilgrims is a collection of seventeen short stories, exempla, on the theme of tragedy. The tragic endings …

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