Thursday 10 October 2013

The Reeve

- Careful with his money
- Timid/Shy
- Manages peoples estates
- Owned a good horse ('this Reeve sat upon a ful good stot')
- Was mainly trained as a carpenter
- Detail would suggest existed in real life
- Rode at the back of the Pilgrimage
    - To avoid the miller
    - Suspicious 
- Meticulous with his money and accounts
- Why is he on the pilgrimage?
    - Strongly believes in afterlife 
    - Secure a place in heaven 
- Many people were afraid of him
    - Feared him as much as death
- Knows all the tricks of the trade, like the manciple
- Thin
    - Elusive
    - Can hide away easily
- Physicality's mirror his personality



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