English Reformation Tour The following pictures are taken from our earlier tours and are shown in order of the itinerary for our tour.
Canterbury Tales. Geoffrey Chaucer Author of The Canterbury Tales – Father of English Poetry 1340? A.D. – 1400 A.D. Middle class, well- educated.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER: THE CANTERBURY TALES. Introducing… Geoffrey Chaucer Born 1340 Son of a wine merchant in a middle class household He became the page.
The Renaissance. I.Introduction A.Definition (French-“Rebirth”, Italian-“Rinascimento”) Rebirth and rediscovery of classical learning and knowledge spanning.
Chaucer The Canterbury Tales. Biography Born in London in 1342 into middle class. Worked as page for upper class family. Could read French, Latin,
The Canterbury Tales. The General Prologue Genre known as estates satire, which sets out to expose typical examples of corruption at all levels of society.
Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales ENG 400: British Literature Unit I: From Legend to History.
Chaucer The Canterbury Tales Chaucer, the pilgrim.
{ The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer Late 1300s: a period of social crisis and change – The Plague killed 1/3-1/2 of the population between 1348 and 1350.
ENGLISH LITERATURE The Dawn of English Literature.
Canterbury Tales. Geoffrey Chaucer 1340-1400 (?) Father of English language Middle class, well- educated (father was wine merchant) Served at court.
The Canterbury Tales ~Geoffrey Chaucer~. St. Thomas a’ Becket Born – 1118 (date unknown) Died - Dec. 29th 1170 The Archbishop of Canterbury (England)