Geoffrey Chaucer presents a realistic portrayal of the medieval period in The Canterbury Tales. These details are especially accurate of the pilgrimages to Canterbury and the types of people who made them. Whether the character and its description are based on actual historic figures, then being called "individuals," or are more general portrayals, "types," they give the reader a genuine idea of the medieval society.
Chaucer displays several aspects of this society: a range of classes or groups; different occupations; medieval dress of various types of people; the condition of the Church (mainly in his opinion). It can be understood which characters he sees as particularly good or bad from his use of satirical iro
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