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Geoffrey Chaucer & The Canterbury Tales

Karl Lindmaa XIB. Geoffrey Chaucer & The Canterbury Tales. 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“

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Geoffrey Chaucer & The Canterbury Tales

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  1. Karl Lindmaa XIB Geoffrey Chaucer &The Canterbury Tales

  2. Geoffrey Chaucer • 1343 – 1400 • A wine merchant • Married with Philippa • One daughter • Two sons • 1359 – 100 - 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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