Chaucer’s career as a secret agent helped him assume different disguises in his writing. Some scholars interpret this role-playing as Chaucer being sexist and anti-Semitic.
Roses are red, thieving birds are blue. My neck is aching, are you uncomfortable too?
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Churches will remain closed over Easter, but theologians have argued over the centuries that faith itself, not ritual, is the heart and soul of Christianity.
Comedian, writer, historian: Terry Jones was a man of many parts and well loved in all his fields.
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