There were many different professions in the Middle Ages. These jobs belonged to many different people with many different characteristics. In The Canterbury Tales series, author Geoffrey Chaucer talks about a group of people in different professions during the Middle Ages. Who go on pilgrimage to the sacred city of Canterbury. Chaucer gives a detailed description of each character traveling to Canterbury. During this journey to Canterbury, each of the passengers tells a different story that Chaucer has chosen for them. When Chaucer described the summoner he began with, he had a fiery face like a cherub, which in medieval art means a little angel with a rose. face (Chaucer). He had carbuncles on his face which are pus-filled skin inflammations that look like boils, and pimples and pus-filled sores all over his face that no ointment or cream could fix (Chaucer). He had black, ragged eyebrows and a thin beard; he was hot and lustful like a sparrow, meaning he was looking for more than one woman at any time (Chaucer). The Summoner was also a drunkard who loved garlic, onions and leeks (Chaucer). When children saw the summoner, they were usually afraid (Chaucer). Chaucer uses the summoner's physiognomy to show his true character. Chaucer constructs the portrait of the summoner in such a way as to describe the summoner's medical conditions (Braswell-Means). The summoner is clearly unusually hot, as his description and remedies indicate; the combination of these two suggests that the summoner is angry or bad-tempered (Braswell-Means). Summoner's disease is also associated with sexuality; this was not only aimed at women but perhaps also at children (Braswell-Means). This explains why Chaucer was sure of... middle of paper ... what happened to him and the council has no sympathy for him (Chaucer, Geoffrey). What the Summoner is trying to get from the Travelers It is important to understand that not all brothers are what they seem and do not always do what they promise. This is another point that Chaucer is trying to make about how the Church is corrupt by pitting the Summoner and the Friar against each other. Chaucer asks the Summoner to tell this story so that he shows what he believes the brothers actually are versus what they appear to be, which is high and mighty. This also proves the rude attitude of the summoner, showing somewhat jealousy towards the brother, trying to prevent the travelers from believing him (Chaucer, Geoffrey). The Summoner is a basic translation of the warning Chaucer is trying to convey with how he thinks the Church is evolving into something it should not be..