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Canterbury Tales: Key Concepts. Meet the Pilgrims. Commoners: Two Levels. Pardoner. Pardoner – someone who sells church indulgences for sins against the church Sins could only be confessed to priests, not pardoners Very corrupt profession Promised things beyond their power
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Pardoner • Pardoner – someone who sells church indulgences for sins against the church • Sins could only be confessed to priests, not pardoners • Very corrupt profession • Promised things beyond their power • Brought in money for Church • Vatican
Miller • A person who operates a mill • Mill = a machine for grinding flour • Very old factories • Different types of mills • Watermills • Windmills • Cotton & steel mills • Millers = usually richer than most peasants, but poor compared to rest of society
Frame Story • A larger story that includes several related smaller stories • Frame – the beginning & ending of a story • Cyclical frame story – a story in which numerous tales are connected