The Canterbury Tales, written in the late 14th century by Geoffrey Chaucer, is a collection of tales as told by a variety of stereotypes from differing social classes. The longing poem provides insight to the lifestyles of the Medieval Age; the relation of the church to the people; the position of women in society; what was seen as humorous; and other norms of the time. It is a collection of some 24 tales (Chaucer had meant …showed first 75 words of 730 total…

…showed last 75 words of 730 total…drank, he drank till he was drunk, “till all was hazy”. And when he was drunk he would “shout and jabber as if crazy,” and all the while he only spoke Latin, but he only knew two or three phrases in Latin. Obviously he was a reckless man, with little concern but to himself. This drunkard of a clergyman was “lecherous as a sparrow”, and it is suggested that he was even homosexual, or bisexual.