... philosophy with Augustinian theology. Aquinas employed both reason and faith in the study of metaphysics, moral philosophy, and religion. (Hulton Deutsch St. T. Aquinas Encarta) Geoffrey Chaucer was born in 1343 and died in 1400. Chaucer was one of the greatest English poets, whose masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, was one of the most important influences on the development of English literature. His life is known primarily through records ... pertaining to his career as a courtier and civil servant under the English kings. Chaucer greatly increased the prestige of English as a literar...

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... every day. Even the Pope, the person that is supposed to be closer to God than anyone had become financially corrupt. Pope Clement VI's "luxurious court and gorgeous retinue were those of a secular prince, not a prince of the church" writes author JND Kelly (220). An example of the view of the church during the Middle Ages can be seen today in the book "The Canterbury Tales." The books author Geoffrey ... Chaucer describes the Prioress as being decorated in beads, brooches and other trinkets. He also says that she wanted her ... dogs to be fed with "roasted flesh, or milk, or fine white...

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