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1 Geoffrey Chaucer & The Canterbury Tales
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2 Geoffrey Chaucer 1343 – 1400 A wine merchant Married with Philippa
One daughter Two sons 1359 – Years War Buried in Westminster Abbey

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

4 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

5 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)

6 Thank you!

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