Occupation
According to Shmoop.com, the Reeve has multiple jobs including carpentry, manager of estate farm, and regulates yields of crops and livestock based on rainfall per year.
Shmoop Editorial Team. “The Reeve in The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue & Frame Story.” Shmoop, Shmoop University, 11 Nov. 2008, https://www.shmoop.com/canterbury-tales-prologue/the-reeve.html.
Shmoop Editorial Team. “The Reeve in The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue & Frame Story.” Shmoop, Shmoop University, 11 Nov. 2008, https://www.shmoop.com/canterbury-tales-prologue/the-reeve.html.
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- Bible Clerk (113) = Scholars who read out of the bible
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