In the Canterbury tales Chaucer has many stories about society in his time period, but none are more prominent than the Wife of Baths tale and the Pardoners tale. Both reflect what Chaucer thought of the religious teachings going on in the church at that time. The Wife of Bath and the Pardoners tale makes it very apparent that he thought poorly of the Church. In the Pardoners tale Chaucer wrote about a pardoner who only preaches about greed but he also only does the preaching for money. He’s very hypocritical and selfish. In the story he admits to selling fake relics to his congregation after his sermon which always over the same thing; Greed. This is funny because he is the greedy one. Chaucer wants to point out that he thinks that all church officials are corrupt and greedy, so he makes the Pardoner take on his idea of church officials. They are very hypocritical which he shows by making his sermon about greed but the only reason he is preaching is for the money that comes with selling the fake relics and promises of salvation from their sins. In that time period it was a big deal if someone said or wrote anything mocking the Church. Chaucer seems…show more content… She had 5 husbands and was also searching for her 6th on the pilgrimage. The Church believed that a woman should only be married one time and they also had very little rights. She tells the pilgrims about her beliefs in the bible. She also goes on about how she has had 3 good husbands because they were submissive towards her and they were also rich. Then she would launch into tirades throwing around wild accusations about them having an affair. If her husband’s got drunk she would use this to manipulate them to get whatever she wanted from them. This was very different from the acceptable social standards of a woman at that time. Chaucer went against all social and church standings when he created her character. She was a very unusual woman in that time
