Christianity In The Miller's Tale

The Canterbury Tales were written in 1387 by English poet and author Chaucer. Throughout the book, it is made clear that much of medieval society was centered around Christian beliefs. Chaucer was a Christian and through the various stories, several hints are given that suggest that Christianity was the primary belief of the time. Throughout “The Miller’s Tale”, themes of Christianity are mentioned several times. One example being when John claims that the reason Nicholas had fallen ill was because he was studying astrology which was part of God’s forbidden secrets that man did not need to know. This shows that perhaps, people did not understand as much about their religion as they believed. Alyson, the teller of the tale “Wife of Bath”