Too Much of Too Little: Guthlac and the Temptation of Excessive Fasting

Chaucer's Summoner tells the tale of a corrupt friar who, while trying to obtain a donation from his bedridden and irate patron Thomas, demonstrates his hypocrisy by giving Thomas's wife a very specific dinner order and immediately following it up with a long sermon on the importance of fa...

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Main Author: Downey, Sarah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2008
In: Traditio
Year: 2008, Volume: 63, Pages: 89-127
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