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&n= bsp; &nbs= p; During Chaucer’s e= ra, the manciple was an individual responsible for purchasing provisions, o= r food, for a college, specifically one of the Inns of the court, known as = the Inner Temple, an association of lawyers. Like the Miller, Chaucer= depicts the Manciple as having corrupt tendencies, as he makes a profit on= every sale and even outwits the educated men he serves. |
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&= nbsp; Two miles from Canterbury the tale continues after the Pa= rdoner’s account in the town of ”Bobbe-up-and-doun,” or H= arbledown(1-3). Amidst the feast held at the Inner Temple, the drunk = cook is awakened by the Host in an attempt to hear his tale. Assertin= g himself in the situation, the manciple begins to mock the man’s int= oxicated state, an act which angers the cook and sends him out to his horse= which he promptly falls off of into the mud. With the Cook unable to= provide his story, the Manciple is asked by the Host to share his tale ins= tead. |
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&= nbsp; The manciple centers his tale on Phoebus, a man endowed w= ith musical and linguistic talents, who owns a white crow adept at mimicry.= Phoebus also has a wife with whom he loves dearly, but suffers from = severe jealousy. However, his suspicions are ultimately justified after lea= rning from the crow that his wife committed adultery while he was away on t= ravels. Enraged, Phoebus shoots both his wife and her lover, killing = them. Realizing the gravity of his actions, Phoebus destroys his musi= cal instruments along with his bow and arrow, turning next to the crow whom= he seeks as a scapegoat. Dubbing it a traitor he plucks out all of i= ts feathers, turns it black, and removes its ability for eloquent speech.&n= bsp; Thus, his actions are said to have spawned the creation of the modern = crow. The Manciple’s tale warns of the evil nature of rumors as= well as the actions of the messenger who he claims will always be targeted= in such situations. The tale also invokes the notion that one cannot= alter the nature of an animal specifically with regards to caging it, for = regardless of the quality of the confines, the animal will never feel free = as Phoebus’ wife felt under his watchful eye. |
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&= nbsp; As mentioned in the introduction, the manciple worked wit= hin the realm of the Inns of courts. Established in London, Inns of c= ourt are legal institutions where individuals train to become lawyers. = ; While as many as twenty inns once existed, today only four of these inns = remain, including the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, Gray’s Inn, an= d Lincoln’s Inn. Cited as the location of the specific workplac= e of the Manciple in his prologue, the Inner Temple originally used by the = Knights Templar for residency, was passed onto the city’s lawyers in = the fourteenth century. While baring the title “inn,” Inn= s of courts likely received this recognition for the comfortable atmosphere= and dining the accommodations provided to the lawyers and students. = Geoffrey Chaucer is reputed to have been a member of the inner court, a not= ion supported by his apparent knowledge of the temple as indicated in his w= riting. His name was also believed to be seen on an Inn archive, alth= ough such documentation has yet to be rediscovered. Today, Inns of Co= urt continue to serve similar functions, as each prospective barrister must= first join one of the four inns of court to pursue his or her career in la= w. |
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JOHN CANNON. "Inns of Court." The= Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved November 10, 2010 fro= m Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-InnsofCou= rt.html
Crowther, John, ed. “No Fear The Cant= erbury Tales.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2009. Web. 10 Nov. 201= 0.http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/canterbury/characters.html William, Robert. Chainan= i, Soman ed. *The Canterbury Tales Study Guide : Summary and Analysis of Th= e Manciple's Tale*. GradeSaver, 30 November 2008 Web. 12 November 2010.&quo= t;http://www.gradesaver.com/the-canterbury-tales/study-guide/section24/&quo= t;
Hodges, Kenneth. “Medieval Source Boo= k: Medieval Prices.” fordham.edu. February 2000. Web. 12 Nov. 2010. h= ttp://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/medievalprices.html#FOOD
“Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales ,= ”Manciple’s Tale.” faculty.goucher.edu. Web.10 Nov. 2010.= http://faculty.goucher.edu/eng330/chaucermanciple.htm
“The Manciple, his Prologue and his T= ale.” academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu. Web. 11 Nov. 2010. http://aca= demic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/webcore/murphy/canterbury/18manciple.pdf
“The Inner Temple Today.” inner= temple.org. Web. 11 Nov. 2010 http://www.innertemple.org.uk/index.php optio= n=3Dcom_content&view=3Darticle&id=3D2&Itemid=3D62
“The Bar Council.” barcouncil.o= rg. web.13 Nov. 2010. http://www.barcouncil.org.uk/about/innsofcourt/
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Check out this <= span lang=3Den-US style=3D'font-family:"Comic Sans MS";text-decoration:underli= ne; language:en-US'>Medieval Source book to get= an idea of some of the items a manciple may have purchased.
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