The Canterbury Tales: The Monk In Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, the author wrote about an imaginary pilgrimage on April 11, 1387 to Canterbury Cathedral to visit the tomb of Saint Thomas A. Beckett. He also wrote about a dishonest monk. The Monk was a man who looked as though he enjoyed the good life. He was fat, and obviously enjoyed good food as well as fine clothes. He wore a fur cloak adorned with fancy decorations, and other expensive apparel. It was required that a man go to school to become a monk, and the Monk had attended school to become part of the religious order. However, he was more interested in hunting than studying. He was good to his horses, and had greyhounds as well. His friends were hunters also. The Monk even preached against ideas and traditions that called hunters unholy. The Monk used church money for his own persona....

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