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The Man of Law's Tale is the fifth of the Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer (1387). The man of law tells a Romance tale of a Christian princess named Constance who is betrothed to the Sultan on condition that he convert to Christianity. The Sultan's mother connives to prevent this and has her set adrift on the sea. She then suffers many misfortunes.
The tale is based on one of the stories in John Gower's Confessio Amantis (Gower being Chaucer's friend and mentor), and both are similar to the verse Romance Emare.
| The Canterbury Tales |
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| The Knight's Tale - The Miller's Tale - The Reeve's Tale - The Cook's Tale - The Man of Law's Tale - The Wife of Bath's Tale - The Friar's Tale - The Summoner's Tale - The Clerk's Tale - The Merchant's Tale - The Squire's Tale - The Franklin's Tale - The Physician's Tale - The Pardoner's Tale - The Shipman's Tale - The Prioress' Tale - Chaucer's Tale of Sir Topas - The Tale of Melibee - The Monk's Tale - Chanticleer and the Fox - The Second Nun's Tale - The Canon's Yeoman's Tale - The Manciple's Tale - The Parson's Tale - Chaucer's Retraction |
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