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Told during a pilgrimage from London to the shrine of Thomas a Becket at Canterbury Cathedral (about a 70 mile journey); They leave from the Tabard Inn in Southwark (south London);
30 pilgrims in total (29 plus tour guide); The host of Tabard suggests that each pilgrim tell 4 tales (2 there and 2 back) during the journey to pass the time; its unfinished; there would have been 120 tales; only 24 tales were written |
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| Canterbury Tales Prologue |
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| It’s April; 29 pilgrims and one host Meet at Tabard Inn; The frame = prologue story themselves = inner frame Written in iambic pentameter; Uses couplets; Each plans to tell 4 tales; 2 there and 2 back |
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| Hubert--partier--knew the taverns and barmaids better than anyone; Allowed parishioners to “pay” for their sins , literally |
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| outward appearance describes inward feelings |
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| sounds like German; most commonly spoken langue |
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| little round bald spot on back of head |
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| master of his trade; has a sore on his shin that looks like his soup |
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| a bit deaf, excellent seamstress and weaver; married 5 times |
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ugly: fire-red complexion, pimples and boils, a scaly infection around the
eyebrows, and a moth-eaten beard; loves garlic, onions, leeks, and strong wine;
speaking Latin to show off; summons people to court |
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| sold fake relics and pardons |
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| a wealthy landowner, but not of nobility |
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rich and powerful rising middle class; shrewd; knew how to bargain; well-
dressed; No one would tell he was deeply in debt |
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| lawyer; makes people think he's better than he really is |
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| knows astronomy (astrology) and loved gold |
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| poor, but rich in holy thoughts and works; True Christian priest; |
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| steward for a law school (a dorm for lawyers) in London; stole from students to put money in his own pocket |
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| a big brawny man; plays bagpipes; tells story about a carpenter named john |
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| rides last; suspicious of everyone; once a carpenter, he tells a story of a corrupt miller |
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| a small tenant farmer; ideal Christian man; tithes |
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| suggests the story telling; leading the pilgrimage |
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| a loved of hunting, fine foods; bald; ugly; fat; dressed in fine clothes; Favorite food was a roasted swan |
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| a guitar like thing; often played while ballads were sung |
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| 3 great non dramatic poets |
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| chaucer's first poetry; retells a very minor episode from the Iliad |
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| radix enim omnium malorum est cupiditas |
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| the love of money is the root of all evil; pardoner's motto |
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| medieval sermon; told to make an intellectual and moral point |
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| animal fable; Aesop-most famous |
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| animals talking about highly philisophic ideas; i.e. animal farm |
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| pride comes before the fall; don’t trust a flatterer |
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| longest prologue, longer than tale; exposes belief system |
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| knight answers question, marries hag, she becomes beautiful |
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| Leader of the Church of England |
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| Archbishop Thomas a Beckett |
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| also called Black Death (1348-1349) |
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| a sign of a loose or immoral person |
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| signs of a "highly sexed" woman |
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| The Canterbury Tales Prologue (in middle English) |
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Wan thot Aprull wit his suress shore-ta The drooft of Maurch halfth persh-ta to the roorta And bodded ev’ry vene in swich licour Of which virto engendered is the floor; Wan zep-fear-ri-us achea with his sway-ta bredtha In-speared halfth in ev’ry holt and hair-tha The tender crop-us, and the youn-ung-a soon-a Halfth in the Ramm his holf course e-you-na, And small-a fool-as mocken mell-o-dia, That slay-pen all the knee-tha with oh-pen ee-uh (Saw prick-ith him nah-tore in hi core-ages)
Donna long-un fore to gone-a on pill-grah-mah-gis, And pal-maw-res fore to say-kan stron-ga stron-des To forn halve-es, kew-ta in soon-dre lond-es;
And spesh-a-lee from ev’ry sheer-is end-a Of Ing-lond to Counter-berry day winda, The holly bliss-fol mart-ear for to say-ka, Thot him hafth hole-pin wan thot they wur say-ka |
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