The Canterbury tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
he was a simple man like everyone else. I think because at the time of writing chivalry was becoming
less and less popular, Chaucer made fun of the knights and how they were honoured and he thought
that it was a bit oldfashioned.
There was also a shipman and Chaucer described him with some respect I think. He said that the
shipman was wise, had seen the world and knew everything about his job and much more (,,Ther nas
noon swich from Hulle to Cartage."). I think what the author wants to say is that at that time people
were not paying so much attention on simpler people (for example workers) but that was a mistake
because there were many bright persons there. They just were not noticed because they weren't born
to a higher class. People thought that only the warriors were smart and worthy to be paid attention to.
One of the pilgrims was a pardoner. He was described as a dishonest and voracious man. He had
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