Life since the fourteenth century has changed tremendously in almost every aspect, but perhaps one of the best changes was that of the Church. In Geoffrey Chaucer's day, the Church was viciously corrupt and most clergy members were not as holy and sinless as they should have been or led on to be. Although Chaucer did not blatantly state his feelings about the corrupted Church, one can clearly see his position by simply reading the "General Prologue" of one of his now famous books, "The Canterbury Tales." Chaucer's disgust with the corrupted clergy, which happened to be most, is evident in the way he described the monk, the friar, and the pardoner.
The monk, a supposed man of God, admitted otherwise. In the code of monks, hunting is considered
The monk, a supposed man of God, admitted otherwise. In the code of monks, hunting is considered