... explanation of clerical members. These expectations are based on the various Benedictine Rules which governed the Monks within the Church (Miller, 210). Chaucer's satiric comments about the Monk in, The Canterbury Tales are made because of the inappropriate worldliness of the Monk (Phillips, 31). This characteristic of the Monk stands out because of its contrast to the basic idea of what a Monk ... that of a lord rather than that of a religious representative. This portrait of Chaucer's Monk portrays a contrast in his religious orders of vowed poverty, chastity, and obedience (Phillips,...

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... standards, as well as the avarice gripping society. This could be a definite criticism of the corrupt state of the church at the time. Out of the thirty pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales, eight are members of or have close dealings with the Church, which indicates just how much Medieval life is dominated by the Church, and how widespread it's influence was. It ... ...

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