Geoffrey Chaucer & The Canterbury Tales

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Geoffrey Chaucer & The Canterbury Tales Karl Lindmaa XIB

Geoffrey Chaucer 1343 – 1400 A wine merchant Married with Philippa One daughter Two sons 1359 – 100 - Years War Buried in Westminster Abbey

The Canterbury Tales A collection of stories Influenced by “Decameron“ 30 pilgrimagers The Tabard Inn An elegant dinner by other pilgrimagers

Knight – love and honor Monk – carpenters Reeve – millers Man of Law - constancy Shipman – morale Wife of Bath – marriages Friar – summoners Summoner – friars Clerk – Griselda and her patience Merchant - cheating

Squire – supernatural events Franklin – marriages Physician – tragedy Pardoner – morale Prioress – martyrs Chaucer – Melibee Merry Monk – tragedy Nun's Priest – animals and people Canon's Yeoman – canon (his master)

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