The Canterbury Tales

Pardoner's Tale

Who is Avicenna? How is this allusion culturally relevant to Chaucer's time period?

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Avicenna was an Arabic philosopher and physician well known during Chaucer's time. Chaucer shows how well known medical knowledge from the Arabs was in Europe at the time.

He was a renowned muslim persian polymath. He is mostly known for his medical knowledge in Europe

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