Geoffrey Chaucer

  late-fourteenth-century English poet  Chaucer was born in London in the early 1340s Geoffrey Chaucer

  Written in Middle English at the end of the 1300s  Chaucer wrote in the vernacular, the English that was spoken in and around London in his day. The Canterbury Tales

  Tabard Inn  Contest for a free meal The Situation

 The Characters  Knight  Squire  Yeoman  Nun  Monk  Merchant  Friar  Cleric  Serjeant at the Law  Franklin  5 Tradesmen  Cook  Skipper  Doctor  Wife of Bath  Parson  Plowman  Miller  Manciple  Reeve  Summoner  Pardoner  The Tabard  Host

 Character Organizational Charts (O.C.s)