Answer: Chaucer's friar was part of the <u>Mendicant </u>order.
Explanation: "The Friar's Tale" was written by Geoffrey Chaucer and included in his collection <em>The Canterbury Tales. </em>One of the characters of this story is the Friar, who meets a summoner that is later depicted as a corrupt man. Moreover,<u> the Friar is part of a Christian religious order integrated by men which is known as the Mendicant order</u>. In the story<u>, the men that belong to this order travel long distances in order to evangelize the poor. </u>