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Synopsis. Character of the Man of Law. Man of Law as narrator. Introduction. Tale. Sources. Sequence with other tales. See also. References. External links. The Man of Law's Tale. The Sergeant of Law. " The Man of Law's Tale " is the fifth of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, written around 1387.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1904
The Man of Law’s Tale, one of the 24 stories in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It is an adaptation of a popular medieval story. The story describes the sufferings of Constance, daughter of a Christian emperor. When she marries a Syrian sultan who has converted to Christianity, his evil
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
When Alla dies, Custance returns to her father in Rome. (Students reading this tale for the first time may find an interlinear translation helpful.) ____________________________. Contextual Information: The Tale told by the Man of Law also appears in John Gower's Confession Amantis.
The Introduction to The Man of Law's Tale. The wordes of the Hoost to the compaignye. 1 Oure Hooste saugh wel that the brighte sonne. Our Host saw well that the bright sun. 2 The ark of his artificial day hath ronne. The arc of his twelve-hour day has run. 3 The ferthe part, and half an houre and moore,
The Man of Law tells the tale of a Sultan from Syria who agrees to convert to Christianity to marry Constance, the emperor’s daughter, who was reported to the Sultan as being a beautiful young lady from Rome by the wealthy traders who has visited Rome some time ago.
The Man of Law's Tale (MLT) begins with a Saracen sultan falling in love with Custance—a fair Christian maiden and the Emperor of Rome's daughter— by hearing about her from a group of Syrian merchants.
Constance (Custance) is the spiritual antithesis of the Wife of Bath, whose tale usually follows this one. Constance exemplifies endurance in adversity and trust in God. She also teaches constancy to total commitments and submission to law. Even though, in the beginning, she weeps for having been ordered to Syria, Constance does not strive ...
