knew the remedy to "love's mischances"/seduction went on other famous pilgrimages- Jerusalem, Rome, Compostella, and Cologne seamstress?, considered marriage her job wore a heavy (10lbs) head dress, red stockings, and new shoes wanted front row in church and to be first at any offering somewhat deaf (from a rap on the noggin from last husband), gap teethed, large hips hidden by her clothing She has traveled on pilgrimages to Jerusalem three times and elsewhere in Europe as well. She is deaf in one ear and has a gap between her front teeth, which was considered attractive in Chaucer's time. She presents herself as someone who loves marriage and sex, but, from what we see of her, she also takes pleasure in rich attire, talking, and arguing. She has been married five times and had many other affairs in her youth, making her well practiced in the art of love. Though she is a seamstress by occupation, she seems to be a professional wife. MOST prominent and respected character of the talesīath is an English town on the Avon River, not the name of this woman's husband. going to thank the saints for preserving his life through his battles always victorious, plain in dress (wore his stained fustian tunic) and honest (true) battled Christians and Non-Christians (Crusades), his fighting spanned 40 years over three groups of people, over 15 battles genteel man who loved truth, freedom, chivalry and honor, a truly distinguished man wore a fustian tunic, stained by hauberk 3 times in tournaments, always slain his foe Brave, experienced, and prudent, the narrator greatly admires him. He has participated in no less than fifteen of the great crusades of his era. The Knight represents the ideal of a medieval Christian man-at-arms. The first pilgrim Chaucer describes in the General Prologue, and the teller of the first tale.
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