Anti-Fraternal Satire

Entertainment / Literature / Anti-Fraternal Satire: Medieval satire that points out (in humor or anger) the failings and hypocrisies of bad monks, friars, and nuns in particular and the secular clergy and church officers more generally. Examples from The Canterbury Tales include Chaucer's depiction of the Monk and Prioress in 'The General Prologue' and the content of 'The Summoner's Tale.'
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