Franklin Notes

Ok, well I realize these notes are pretty late but I didn't see them up here and I figured I would add them. Not sure anyone will look at them but whatever.

General Prologue

-Accompanies the Man of Law
-Outgoing and Optimistic
-Loves to eat bread dipped in wine.
-Epicurean lifestyle hedonistic
-great landowner
-compared to St. Julian, for his hospitality.
-he owned great food and ale, and it snowed food and drinks in his house.
-his menus changed with seasons.
-coop populated with fat birds, and his pond has bream and pike.
-his table is always set and ready to eat.
-presides as lord at county sessions, and is member of Parliament for his county.
-social climber.
- has served as king's administrative officer and auditor for his county.
-A dagger and a silk pouch hangs from his white belt.
-He is a "Worthy Gentleman"
-A non noble land holder, lots of land with no noble title, franklins became more common as middle class buys more land.

Tale Prologue:

Franklin Interrupts the squire, but does so with obsequiously praises which takes skill to not offend them.
Franklin then is urged to tell his tale. He says he will try and relate an old Breton Lay.
Lay is a romance literature short rhymed tales of Love and Chivalry.
Then asks for forgiveness for his homely style and speech.

Tale

In Brittany a knight named Arveragus falls in love with a lady named Dorigen, who is of noble lineage and out of reach. However Dorigen agrees to marry him. Arveragus leaves for Britain, Dorigen becomes grief stricken and fears for his life. A squire named Aurelius has been secretly in love with Dorigen. He is one of the best conditioned men alive. He declares his love for her. Dorigen rejects him saying she will love if only if he can get rid of all the black rocks on the coast. ( so that Arveragus can return without crashing on the rocks, she knows that this is impossible and will certainly deter Aurelius from furthering his love for her). So Aurelius prays for a giant tide. But it doesn't work. Him and his brothers go to Orleans to meet a magician to make the rocks disappear. It works and Aurelius and Dorigen must become lovers. She goes to Arveragus and he says that truth is the highest thing and she must be Aurelius' lover. Aurelius lets Dorigen return to her husband because her love is so great for Arveragus. Frankling ends with a quest of who the most noble.

Thats everything I have on the Franklin. If you need the 140 tale summary I think pd. 6/7 has a good one to use =P.

-Matt