{ 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.
Review: The Middle Ages
Canterbury Tales Background Introduction. The Journey Begins... Premise: pilgrimage to the shrine of Thomas a’ Beckett Displays all segments of medieval.
The Canterbury Tales (in general) Chaucer presents the world as he sees it Began to write it in 1387 (he had written a large number of works prior to.
Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343-1400 Considered the father of English poetry Wrote in the vernacular – common language of the people (English) Served as a soldier,
