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The Corrupted In Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

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Canterbury tales is the work of Chaucer to which most of the clergy were filled with hypocrites and liars. With each description it becomes ever present how the church was corrupted by corrupt religious leaders. Leaders who dabbled in gluttony, lust, greed, and bribery just so they could make money or make themselves happy instead of God. Luckily, there was one who actually stuck to the word throughout his life, as he wanted to be an exemplary Sheppard and help lead his sheep out of the mud, he is The Parson. The Parson actually would live for the church as he lived in poverty, but in doing so becomes closer to God. The Monk, The Friar, and The Pardoner all lived a life that were not actually devoted to what they preached as they lived life
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