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The Road to Canterbury. These maps are from Robert A. Pratt's Tales of Canterbury and was used again in Larry D. Benson, Canterbury Tales Complete. The first map shows the route of the pilgrims from Southwark in London to Rochester. The second map shows their route from Rochester to Canterbury.
The opening lines of the Canterbury Tales constitute a learned version of the "reverdi," a simple lyric celebrating the return of Spring after the harshness of winter, a common form of medieval French lyric.
The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of twenty-four stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. It is widely regarded as Chaucer's magnum opus .
- Tales of Caunterbury
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- c. 1400 (unfinished at Chaucer's death)
- England
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Apr 13, 2009 · This NPR series explores how British people live and what they believe through a walk in the footsteps of Geoffrey Chaucer from London to Canterbury.
Store. Live TV. Categories. Chaucer: Road To Canterbury. Geoffrey Chaucer's life to middle age, He survived the Black Death as a child, and become actively involved in the 100 Years War, the war that was to leave England devastated.
The Canterbury Tales. Synopses and Prolegomena. The Frame Narrative; Fragment 1. 1.1 General Prologue. Canterbury Way (The Road to Canterbury) London to Rochester; Rochester to London; Dance of Death; E. Talbot Donaldson - "Chaucer the Pilgrim; Fragments or Groups of Tales; Spring; The Martyrdom Of Thomas à Becket; The Tale of Beryn; 1.2 The ...
