Canterbury Tales

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Across
  1. 5. A barge captain from Dartmouth
  2. 6. Although he writes all of the tales, Chaucer describes himself telling two tales as one of the pilgrims.
  3. 8. A mendicant who takes confessions from the well-to-do for a price, and spends the money on himself rather than to benefit the poor
  4. 10. An archer and possibly a forester
  5. 15. A practitioner of astrology and humorism
  6. 16. A close companion of the summoner who sells indulgences and phony religious relics
  7. 17. Son of the knight, a finely dressed and artistically talented bachelor
  8. 20. An alchemist and confidence trickster who encounters the pilgrims on the road, then rides away when his yeoman speaks too freely
  9. 21. A seemingly successful Hanseatic trader who is deeply in debt
  10. 23. A woman with impeccable table manners who wears a brooch reading Amor vincit omnia (love conquers all)
Down
  1. 1. Companion of the man of law, a pleasure-seeking landowner who dines on every kind of food and drink
  2. 2. A gluttonous, lecherous, intemperate man who notifies people to appear at ecclesiastical courts
  3. 3. Three priests in the prioress's party
  4. 4. A benevolent and virtuous town pastor
  5. 7. A wealthy lawyer known as much for his personal extravagance as for his professional skill
  6. 9. A valiant and experienced crusader who lives by the code of chivalry
  7. 11. A five-time widow who has traveled throughout the world
  8. 12. A purchasing agent to an Inn of Court
  9. 13. A feudal accountant from Bawdeswell
  10. 14. A servant of the craft-workers
  11. 16. The parson's brother, who loves God and his neighbor and plows poor men's fields for free
  12. 18. Owner of the Tabard Inn, where the pilgrimage starts. He agrees to travel on the pilgrimage, promising to judge the tales, and disputes between the pilgrims.
  13. 19. An avid hunter and horseman who disdains the rules of his order
  14. 21. A brawny and profane tradesman who overcharges and steals from his customers
  15. 22. An Oxford-educated scholar