Canterbury Tales

4 08, 2017

Miller’s Tale – Chaucer – Canterbury Tales

By |2020-04-21T06:29:15-07:00August 4th, 2017|Literature, Medieval|Comments Off on Miller’s Tale – Chaucer – Canterbury Tales

A medieval carpenter works in his shop. A carpenter's story Once there was a carpenter, who lived with his wife Alison and a student, Nicholas, who rented a room in [...]

4 08, 2017

Lawyer’s Tale – Chaucer – Canterbury Tales

By |2019-11-03T18:29:34-08:00August 4th, 2017|Literature, Medieval|Comments Off on Lawyer’s Tale – Chaucer – Canterbury Tales

The Lawyer's Tale: This is probably a picture of either the real Constantina or her mother Helena (Santa Costanza church, Rome) The Lawyer's Tale In the time of the Roman Empire, [...]

3 08, 2017

The Knight’s Tale – Chaucer – Canterbury Tales

By |2019-10-25T18:55:03-07:00August 3rd, 2017|Literature, Medieval|Comments Off on The Knight’s Tale – Chaucer – Canterbury Tales

Chaucer's Knight's Tale: Medieval knights in the Metropolitan Museum of Art A story about Theseus Chaucer set his Knight's Tale in ancient Greece, and it's about Theseus, the king of Athens in Greek mythology. (So [...]

3 08, 2017

Chaucer – Canterbury Tales – Middle Ages

By |2019-08-16T17:36:52-07:00August 3rd, 2017|Literature, Medieval|Comments Off on Chaucer – Canterbury Tales – Middle Ages

Chaucer's tomb in Westminster Abbey Who was Chaucer? Geoffrey Chaucer was born about 1343 AD, probably in London, England, during the Hundred Years' War. His father seems to have been pretty well [...]

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