Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (MacKaye) introduces readers to a diverse group of travelers making the annual pilgrimage to Canterbury, seeking blessings from St Thomas á Becket. This group of pilgrims represented every social station of a still class-divided England. Among them are an ... God, to uphold. Clergy should be in the world, witnessing to others, they should not be of the world. The Prioress, however, has a worldly air about her. "She took pleasure in good-breeding- and "took pains to imitate the manners of court."" Although the ... Prioress should radiate agape love for all ...

• Word Count: 907
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (MacKaye) introduces readers to a diverse group of travelers making the annual pilgrimage to Canterbury, seeking blessings from St Thomas á Becket. This group of pilgrims represented every social station of a still class-divided England. Among them are an ... God, to uphold. Clergy should be in the world, witnessing to others, they should not be of the world. The Prioress, however, has a worldly air about her. "She took pleasure in good-breeding- and "took pains to imitate the manners of court."" Although the ... Prioress should radiate agape love for all ...

• Word Count: 873
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate