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Geoffrey Chaucer &The Canterbury
TalesKarl 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)
Thank you!