Geoffrey Chaucer &The Canterbury

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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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