Chaucer's masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, reflects a very opinionated view of manners and the behaviors of medieval women. ... On the other end of the spectrum, we have the Prioress, who is a better example of womanhood in the medieval ages. ... The Prioress also known as the Nun represents a proper and feminine woman of the medieval period. ... Along with fer vow of chasity, this makes her a moral individual in the eyes of society and a leading role model for other woman. ... Chaucer portrays the proper and moral way for a woman to act during the medieval period, by comparing the rude...

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He sees the Medieval Church and its clergy as corrupt. ... Chaucer satirizes the Medieval Church. ... He is known to make even a shoeless woman give him money. ... He spent time seducing woman and promised women husbands in return for sexual favors. ... The Friar, the Summoner, and the Pardoner all play the roles of corrupt church officials. ...

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In doing so the Wife of Bath inverts the order of the normal narrative, and the common social order as women in medieval literature tended to only feature in tales in very stereotypical roles; as a beautiful lady, a love interest or an old wife. Chaucer created a woman never seen before in English Literature. ... A woman married five times, some for pleasure but mostly for money. ... Alisouns tale is so wonderful because it effectively condemns a Knights rape of a young woman by insisting that the knight must submit to the authority of a woman by the end of the tale. ... In his manipulatio...

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