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  2. General Prologue - Wikipedia

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    The frame story of the poem, as set out in the 858 lines of Middle English which make up the General Prologue, is of a religious pilgrimage. The narrator, Geoffrey Chaucer, is in The Tabard Inn in Southwark, where he meets a group of 'sundry folk' who are all on the way to Canterbury, the site of the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket, a martyr reputed to have the power of healing the sinful.

  3. The Canterbury Tales - Wikipedia

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    The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) [2] 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. [3] It is widely regarded as Chaucer's magnum opus.

  4. A Commentary on the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales

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    English: Subject: The Canterbury Tales: ... 350912: Dewey Decimal. 821.17: LC Class: PR1868.P8 B6: A Commentary on the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales is a ...

  5. The Miller's Tale - Wikipedia

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    "The Miller's Tale" (Middle English: The Milleres Tale) is the second of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1380s–1390s), told by the drunken miller Robin to "quite" (a Middle English term meaning requite or pay back, in both good and negative ways) "The Knight's Tale". The Miller's Prologue is the first "quite" that occurs in the tales.

  6. What Is a Yule Log, and What Does the Tradition Symbolize?

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    Any other old-school English majors out there tasked with memorizing and then reciting the prologue of The Canterbury Tales in Old English back in the day? If so, chances are, you haven’t recovered.

  7. The Knight's Tale - Wikipedia

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    "The Knight's Tale" (Middle English: The Knightes Tale) is the first tale from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. The Knight is described by Chaucer in the " General Prologue " as the person of highest social standing amongst the pilgrims, though his manners and clothes are unpretentious.

  8. The Prioress's Tale - Wikipedia

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    "The Prioress's Prologue and Tale", middle-english hypertext with glossary and side-by-side middle-english and modern english; Read "The Prioress' Tale" with interlinear translation Archived 29 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine; Modern Translation of the Prioress' Tale and Other Resources at eChaucer

  9. Ellesmere Chaucer - Wikipedia

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    The Ellesmere Chaucer, or Ellesmere Manuscript of the Canterbury Tales, is an early 15th-century illuminated manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, owned by the Huntington Library, in San Marino, California (EL 26 C 9). It is considered one of the most significant copies of the Tales.

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