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How would one be able to identify the use of oppressed women and distinctive rank of social classes throughout The Canterbury Tales? In specific tales, there are several prime examples of Anti-feminism and the differences of the social classes between the characters. During this time, men were known for their choices and women were known…

Anselm of Canterbury ( 1033 – 1109) Anselm, also known as Anselmo d’Aosta, is described by Chambers Biographical Dictionary as a scholastic philosopher and archbishop of Canterbury. Indeed a title accorded to him, according to the Internet Dictionary of Philosophy, was the Scholastic Doctor. Born in Italy, of a noble family, his mother saw that…

St. Anselm of Canterbury was between the age seventy-six and seventy-seven when he died. He was born around the year 1033-1034 in Aosta, Lombardy and died on April 21, 1109 in Canterbury. St. Anselm contributed to the philosophical system and tendencies of Christian thinkers known as “Scholasticism” (Pieper, Josef). He also contributed to the discovery…