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1 Late Middle Ages

2 Chaucer & The Canterbury Tales

3 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?

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

5 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

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7 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

8 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

9 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

10 Chaucer & English Vernacular Literature

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12 Thomas Malthus 1766-1834 Founder of Demographic Studies

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

14 Chaucer wrote during a lull in the Hundred Years War

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

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17 Troubadours and chivalric literature increased attention on gender relations

18 Chivalry & Social Practices

19 Chaucer was influenced by Italian Humanists, especially Petrarch & Boccaccio

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21 Religious Piety

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

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