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The General Prologue is the first part of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It introduces the frame story , in which a group of pilgrims travelling to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury agree to take part in a storytelling competition, and describes the pilgrims themselves.
It gives an indication that the General Prologue was written in 1395–1397 for the previous parliament that just took place in 1395 and before the next parliament that took place in 1397. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The Twelve Conclusions and its expanded version of Thirty-Seven Conclusions have been attributed to the presumed author of the General ...
A Commentary on the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales is a 1948 doctoral dissertation by Muriel Bowden that examines historical backgrounds to characters in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales within the context of its General Prologue.
The General Prologue names the prioress as Madame Eglantine, and describes her impeccable table manners and soft-hearted ways. Her portrait suggests she is likely in religious life as a means of social advancement, given her aristocratic manners and mispronounced French.
Pilgrim – The designation of each pilgrim in the General Prologue, commonly accepted alternate designation within the name of their Tale, and membership in group of pilgrims if any. The pilgrims' names link to their Tales' articles. GP (General Prologue) – This column lists the order in which each character is mentioned in the General Prologue.
She also edited the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales [3] and The Franklin's Tale. [4] Hodgson continued to pursue her interests of Medieval Literature and old English Christian Mysticism, going on to publish the only modern edition of The Orchard of Syon , the fifteenth-century Middle English translation of Catherine of Siena ’s ...
"The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale", middle-english hypertext with glossary and side-by-side middle english and modern english; Modern Translation of the Pardoner's Tale and Other Resources at eChaucer; The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale e-text for reading, searching, and study Archived 7 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine – texts.crossref-it.info
The anonymous "general prologue" included in some manuscripts of the Later Version (LV) version of the Bible, but popularly ascribed to Purvey, speaks of the method of "a poor catiff lettid fro prehying" and discusses the meaning and renders it "myche travile, with diverse felawis and helperis."