Canterbury Tales-A personal perspective on the chivalrous Christian church In researching Geoffrey Chaucers collection of stories named The Canterbury Tales, an interesting illustration of the Medieval Church becomes evident. A crooked society exists within the corrupt, gothic church community. Not any of the clergys intentions were corrupt, but as Chaucer, through his character the forgiver,so well put it,Radix malorum est cupiditas, ( live of money is the root of all evil). Many corrupted evils, such(prenominal) as greed, drove the clergy to deviate from the spirituality that religion was originated from. At that time, in all levels of society, belief in God or gods was not a matter of choice, it was a matter of fact. godlessness was an alien concept and this is why the church was so powerful. Sometimes, slew of the church would take benefit of that power.
Leading a disembodied spirit pleasing God was one of the most significant concerns of the chivalric objet dart. The existence of God was never questioned and the one thing that man wanted most was to be with the divine. In order to do this, he had to achieve salvation. The simplest way to achieve salvation was to demoralize it. The character of the Pardoner is truly one of the books most evil-hearted and despicable, for he is the person who can sell salvation.
He takes total advantage of his position intimidating people into buying his pardons, indulgences, and holy relics. The Pardoner has no real concern for the sinners, he only wants his money, as shown on page 243, where he says Out come the pence, and particularly for myself, for my exclusive purpose is to win and not at all to castigate their sin. Once dead what matter how their souls may coif? They can go blackberrying for all I care. The pardoner...
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