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A 3 page paper which examines Chaucer’s view of the Church as seen in his tales from Canterbury Tales. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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the reader a powerful understanding of the times, times that followed the Black Plague. They are tales about, and from, various individuals from the commoner to the high in office.
One of the primary threads that go throughout many of the tales, and figures, involves religion and the Church. The following paper examines some of Chaucers tales and figures as
they pertain to what Chaucers perception of the Church may have been. Canterbury Tales and Chaucers View of the Church In this work there are many people "of
the cloth" one could say. There is the Parson, the Prioress, the Friar, the Monk, and also the Pardoner. Each performs a different function in the Church and each is
very different in relationship to how they submit themselves to the Church, God, and righteousness, all of which is seen through Chaucers vision. The Parson is the one man,
or individual, who presents himself as the ideal man of the Church. This is perhaps evident when Chaucer notes, "A good man there was of religion" (Chaucer). He is a
man who lives in poverty and a man who is pious and also very supportive, faithful, honest, and helpful to his people, the people of his Church. He represents all
that is good about the Church and religion. But, all the others are seemingly far less than perfect as they are connected with the Church. In the case of
the Prioress she is the leader of many nuns and is seemingly kind and gentle. But, at the same time she seems a bit self absorbed with manners, her ability
to speak French, and her approach to what one could call social etiquette. This denotes a figure that is perhaps a bit too absorbed in the material world as opposed
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