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Daily Concerns In Medieval Times

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The medieval times may be perceived as religious times, but it wasn’t always so religious. There were daily concerns people from the medieval times experienced that are still concerns for modern day people. These concerns have become known because of literature that has was written then that has been reserved over time. One daily concern that people from the medieval time period had gone through that still exists today is to fear God and to maintain His church. A character from “the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales,” the friar, proved that not everyone will maintain God’s church so well with honesty and impartially. Speaking the truth at all times was also another daily concern that medieval people had that relates to modern people because

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