The Canterbury Tales: The Monk
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In Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, the author wrote about
an imaginary pilgrimage on April 11, 1387 to Canterbury Cathedral to visit
the tomb of Saint Thomas A. Beckett. He also wrote about a dishonest
monk.
The Monk was a man who looked as though he enjoyed the good life.
He was fat ....
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.... and gold jewelry.
It did not fit into the Monk's self-indulgent life to follow the
tradition of the church. He ignored the old and strict ways because he
liked the modern world and the indulgent lifestyle. He completely ignored
the rulings of St. Benet and St. Maur.
The Monk was motivated by greed and the trappings of the modern
world. He put aside all the church rulings that did not suit him, and
indulged in all the things the world had to offer him in terms of comfort.
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