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Medieval Medicine In Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

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The medieval times had its duration from 500 AD to 1500 AD, and it was known as a period of discovery. The Crusades were on the quest of conquering the promised land, while others were trying to survive. During the Middle Ages, the society was impacted with the different occupations, culture, and the history behind it. One of the main persons that came out of this time period was known as Geoffrey Chaucer, known as the father of English that told the story of this time period with his story named The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer’s stories contained of two tales told by different realms of society during the Middle Ages. Medieval medicine was shaped by the various ideas the society had, as an example people believed that diseases of the body came from sins of soul, and that the spreading of these diseases was by bad odors. The Black Death was one of the plagues that arises, and it first appeared in the early 1330s in China, and it was also known as the Bubonic Plague. …show more content…

The husbands had the right to engage in sexual activities while women would have to work for their household. Some women would join the nunnery due to the ability of advantages which include: preserve their body and mind, and literacy. The church plays a big role compared to the fact that they had total control of the peasants. Furthermore, there are the services that people had to pay: baptisms, marriages, and burials. If you failed to complete those services, it was said that one’s soul would be lead to

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