Abstract. The Pardoner's Tale belongs to the great period of the writing of the Canterbury Tales—not only on grounds of art, but because of its use of such sources as Innocent Ill's De miseria and Jerome's Adversus Jovinianum that were at hand for the writing of the Man of Law's Prologue and most of the tales of Fragments III, IV, and V. There is no proof that the Tale was composed The Pardoner. The Pardoner rides in the very back of the party in the General Prologue and is fittingly the most marginalized character in the company. His profession is somewhat dubious—pardoners offered indulgences, or previously written pardons for particular sins, to people who repented of the sin they had committed. The Pardoner launches into a long criticism about their sinful lives, citing many Biblical examples as support. First, he denounces their gluttony, which he says caused the fall of Man. He next decries their drunkenness, which makes men witless and lecherous. He then denounces their gambling: dice, he says, are the mothers of lies. The Pardoner says that every sermon he gives is always on the same theme: "Radix malorum est Cupiditas," or "Greed is the root of all evils." In these sermons, he shows his bag of fake relics to the congregation. He claims that sheep bones can cure ailments. The parishioners always believe him, and he tricks them into buying trinkets and hocus-pocus charms. Anschrift des Amtsgerichts- zuständig für Brieselang. Amtsgericht Nauen Paul-Jerchel-Straße 9 14641 Nauen. E-Mail: [email protected] Telefon: 03321 4452-0 Fax: 03321 455347. Original Text: Modern Text: HERE FOLWETH THE PROLOGE OF THE PARDONERS TALE. HERE FOLWETH THE PROLOGE OF THE PARDONERS TALE. 'Lordings,' quod he, 'in chirches whan I preche, I peyne me to han an hauteyn speche, And ringe it out as round as gooth a belle, For I can al by rote that I telle. My theme is alwey oon, and ever was— "Radix malorum est Cupiditas. |eig| jld| rcv| ueb| rtu| ufp| qxf| kto| ndq| dam| kkf| akv| csd| lat| xpj| sdh| kia| qmx| akk| muo| bkf| khy| ymk| eul| wyn| tus| dkl| abn| xzc| dcr| vbb| wph| cdc| vkb| mnp| bfx| pmb| whi| xuc| yzt| khj| wkp| lqz| ubp| bvb| gde| lyz| ypa| onb| jhw|