Download The Friar Canterbury Tales Summary Background. Summary and analysis the friar's prologue and tale. At the end of the wife of bath's narration, the friar wonders whether such heavy academic problems concerning authority and the scriptures shouldn't be left to the proper authorities and offers to tell a tale about a summoner.

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All the while, the host alternates between trying to make peace between the pilgrims and. The tales are narrated by a group of pilgrims in a contest as they travel to cant. The summoner cared only about greed and money, and he was easily bribed.

He is taken to accepting bribes.

The story centers around a corrupt summoner and his interactions with the devil. There are 29 pilgrims on the journey: He is taken to accepting bribes. The archdeacon is the man who implements the law against fornication and witchcraft very seriously.