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Late Middle Ages

Chaucer & The Canterbury Tales

Discuss Canterbury Tales What are the Canterbury Tales about? What are some of the more famous stories? How did Chaucer’s life influence his style of writing? What can we gather about England from the General Prologue? Do any of the characters seem especially flawed?

How did Chaucer describe the following? The knight The squire The yeoman The friar The prioress The monk

According to the intro, two topics central to the Canterbury Tales were… War and its impact on society The end of serfdom and the rise of free peasants Gender and power The reign of the young Richard II and his conflict with the Duke of Lancaster

Chaucer spent much of his adult life as a… A stone mason who constructed Cathedrals A lecturer at Oxford A knight who led others on Crusade A courtier & diplomat favored by the royal family A priest who worked in a chantry

Where were the characters heading? Why? When? Southwark to see the bishop of Winchester in winter Canterbury to visit Becket’s tomb in the Spring Spain to visit St. James in Summer Nowhere in particular so that they could drink and tell stories throughout the year

Two literary trends that most directly influenced Chaucer’s work were… Chivalric poetry & Italian Humanism Chanson de Geste & Scholasticism Mysticism & Pious readings Pamphlets and Ballads

Chaucer & English Vernacular Literature

Thomas Malthus 1766-1834 Founder of Demographic Studies

Social mobility accelerated during the Late Middle Ages Yeomen and merchants made inroads into the knightly class and even became war heroes

Chaucer wrote during a lull in the Hundred Years War

In the 1380s gunpowder had not yet made a big impact on warfare

Troubadours and chivalric literature increased attention on gender relations

Chivalry & Social Practices

Chaucer was influenced by Italian Humanists, especially Petrarch & Boccaccio

Religious Piety

The Summoner & Friar Squabble in front of the Host St. Thomas Becket Canterbury The Summoner & Friar Squabble in front of the Host