The Plague In Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

Medieval England; this was a time period in England from the 5th Century to the period of the renaissance, (Middle.) this was a time period where people’s lives quite literally was revolved around religion. Their lives were completely dominated by the church. It wasn’t unusual for medieval people to be going to church everyday, along with praying 5+ times a day. During this period of time, the Catholic church was the only church in Europe, therefore it was easy for people to all get along through the same faith. There were various different monks and nuns during this time period. They all had chosen to dedicate their lives to the church, and worshipping God. There were many different problems that came about in Medieval England. For instance, the black plague was an illness that spread across not only England, but also a lot of the World. The plague reached England in the 1348, but started two years prior. Across the World, it wiped out 1/3 of our population. The hygiene during this time was very poor, which made it easy for the plague to spread. Another problem that came about was the environment. The weather became so cold during this time that it froze the crops. Without the crops, they couldn’t make food, …show more content…
One of the tales was the Franklin’s tale, told by the Franklin. Chaucer had many different opinions about different characters he wrote about, and he truly did like Franklin. The Franklin was always very optimistic, and positive, even in rough situations. Chaucer wanted more to be like him, because instead of being wealthy, and keeping it to himself, he shared his wealth with others. Chaucer describes him as a “sanguine man, high-colored as benign” (Wiggins 106). He was an aged man, with a long, white beard, and heavy in weight. The Franklin was the son of Epicurus, who was a Greek philosopher. He was definitely someone that Chaucer had a high, and good opinion