Jonty Claypole

And a hatred of pardoners or pardoning becomes a huge impetus behind the Reformation.

So he really lays into the who is a revolting fellow in many ways.

There's also an implication he's homosexual, which I don't think Chaucer is an LGBTQI plus man.

I think the implication that the pardoner is homosexual is not is not a notch up in his favor.

Right.

One of the things I love is Chaucer is really into the warts and all descriptions of people.

He often tells us about a character's warts or their ulcers or their white pustules.

We get a lot of sort of Swifty and bodily descriptions, don't we?

And that feels to us a very English character, something about the English language and English literature, which is established here and never goes away.

So I love reading those details and thinking, ah, you know, that's where it comes from.

Of all the things you could say about somebody in 10 lines, you know, let's talk about his warps.

It is.

And on that note, we should talk about probably the most famous character today of these pilgrims, who is the wife of Bath.

And Sophie, why is the wife of Bath become such an important character?

And we're told about her size and her body.

So that's why I'm linking it to the point you just made.

I think it's fair to say that Chorce is trying to make up for his error in The Legend of Good Women.

He's really correcting that.

So after these character sketches, the general prologue heads towards an end where the host of the inn, Harry Bailey, takes control.

Now, Harry Bailey was a real person.