The Medieval Society, Geoffrey Chaucer and his Canterbury Tales
Chaucer (1) The Canterbury Tales
Jumping ahead a few hundred years… Intro to The Canterbury Tales and the Medieval Period.
Geoffrey Chaucer Background. Father of English Poetry Chaucer has often been called “the father of English poetry,” a phrase that makes him sound like.
Basic timeline of inhabitants on the British Isles: Once upon a time, there was a cold, damp place we now call the British Isles.
Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales ENG 400: British Literature Unit I: From Legend to History.
{ The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer Late 1300s: a period of social crisis and change – The Plague killed 1/3-1/2 of the population between 1348 and 1350.
Canterbury Cathedral “ There is no lovelier place in the world than Canterbury” -Virginia Woolf.
The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales Kate Brennan The Host.
The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
Free write Think of a time when you (or someone you know) were classified in a stereotype or when you judged someone else based on a stereotype. Discuss,
Sharyn McCrumb’s St. Dale. McCrumb is well known for her ballad novels which tell stories rich with mountain tradition. Her books include Ghost Riders,
