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. Canterbury Tales Woodcut 1484 The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse). ... Chaucer: Illustration from Cassells History of England, circa 1902 Chanticleer the rooster from an outdoor production of Chanticleer and the Fox at Ashby-de-la-Zouch castle Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. ... Events June 2 - John Holland, a maternal half-brother of Richard II of England, is created Earl of Huntingdon. ... Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. ...

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. John Gower (c. ...