A Doctor of Physick explicitly references Livy in this work.
A Doctor of Physick explicitly references Livy in this work. An incident with farting involves the astronomer Nicolas tricking Absolon so he can get with his much younger wife Alison. Alice relates how an ex husband would read stories about wicked women to her. Another speaker describes three men who go looking for Death, and surprisingly die. After finishing his narrative, the Pardoner tries to sell fake relics to his companions. For ten points, give the name for the stories told by such characters as the Miller and the Wife of Bath, an early work of English literature by Geoffrey Chaucer, about pilgrims on the road.
A Doctor of Physick explicitly references Livy in this work.
The {Canterbury} Tales