A "servant" of the church, the Summoner would be grouped under the ecclesiastical middle class. He was not poor, but his power was only so great, and his authority was minimal. As a summoner his job was to summon sinners to trial before a court of the church. Or so was the description. In r

As for his morals... well what morals? The Summoner couldn't have possibly been any worse for his job. It is ironical how such a foul man could have been entrusted in the task of bringing sinners to justice. In spite of his position in the church the Summoner's actions were motivated by greed, and/or lust. He neither showed any problems with, nor contemplated committing acts of sin, although he held a supposedly honorary position in the church. So vulgar was he that he would even let a man sleep with his mistress for a year, just for a quart of wine. (Yes a member of the clergy with a mistress.) He would have condemned people of fornication in hopes of receiving a bribe to increase his wealth, even though his own lecherousness was nearly unmatched. He couldn't have been any less pious, for this man of the church was so malevolent he would even scare children away.

It is to no surprise that the Summoner was a heavy drinker. As mentioned earlier his drinking was so bad (as well as his judgment) that he would trade his concubine for a quart of wine. And when he

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