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Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?- 1400) The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer (1340? )

A. A pilgrimage a religious journey

The ultimate destination? Jerusalem (The Holy Land) –many years –lots of money –very risky

Closer to Home? Rome –many months –much money –still risky

Canterbury Cathedral: the pilgrimage for everyone! Canterbury –Why? a week’s journey from London the capital of the Catholic Church in England the burial site of Saint Thomas a Beckett

The KingThe Pope Thomas a Beckett

B. Balanced and Circular The Contest –30 pilgrims meet at the Tabard Inn in London

30 pilgrims

B. Balanced and Circular The Contest –30 pilgrims meet at the Tabard Inn in London –Each pilgrim is to tell 2 tales on the way to Canterbury and 2 tales on the return trip –How many tales does Chaucer plan to write? 120 !!! –How many does he write? 24

Tabard InnCanterbury 2 tales -- winner gets a free supper paid for by the other pilgrims back at the Tabard Inn

B. Balanced and Circular Tales are balanced with each other –Knight’s Tale long, chivalrous, full of spiritual love from afar –Miller’s Tale short, lustful, dirty joke about a stupid carpenter –Reeve’s Tale dirty joke about a stupid miller

B. Balanced and Circular –Cleric’s Tale about the perfect wife totally subservient to her husband –Wife of Bath’s Tale about the perfect husband totally subservient to his wife

C. Levels of Society The lower nobility

C. Levels of Society The lower nobility –The Knight, the Squire, and the Franklin The clergy

C. Levels of Society The lower nobility –The Knight, the Squire, and the Franklin The clergy –The Pardoner, the Prioress, and the Monk The freemen

C. Levels of Society The lower nobility –The Knight, the Squire, and the Franklin The clergy –The Pardoner, the Prioress, and the Monk The freemen –The Wife of Bath, the Skipper, and the Cook

D. Comments on the Clergy Lack of chastity –chastity vs. celibacy Misuse of the convents Indulgences Relics

D. Comments on the Clergy Lack of chastity –chastity vs. celibacy Misuse of the convents Indulgences Relics Wealth

Chaucer was a devout Catholic; he commented satirically on the corruption within the church to bring about change. In Chaucer’s writings, physical ugliness reveals spiritual ugliness. This is a form of characterization he uses.