"Men""). Many of the famous people that are in ""The Monk's Tale"" are also in Boccaccio's ""De Casibus Virorum Illustrium"": Adam, Samson, Hercules, Cenobia, Nero, Alexander the Great, Croesus. Some of these people also appear in Petrarch's ""De Viris Illustribus"". Chaucer, however, credits only Petrarch for this work: Some of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales are based on Boccaccio's works. For example, Chaucer's first of these tales, ""The Knight's Tale,"" is a condensed version of Boccaccio's ""Teseida"". Chaucer tightens the structure of Boccaccio's ""Teseida,"" changes some scenes in the general plot, and deepens the philosophy of the original. In ""The Knight's Tale"","
"The Tale of Melibee The Tale of Melibee (also called The Tale of Melibeus) is one of ""The Canterbury Tales"" by Geoffrey Chaucer. This is the second tale told by Chaucer himself as a character within the tales. It has long been regarded as a joke on the part of Chaucer that, after being interrupted by the host Harry Bailly, Chaucer launches into one of the longest and some would say most boring of all the tales. The idea that Melibee is simply told by Chaucer to bore the listeners in revenge for having his first story, Sir Thopas, interrupted"
"their points. Dame Prudence is a woman discussing the role of the wife within marriage in a similar way to the Wife of Bath and the wife in The Shipman's Tale. The Tale of Melibee The Tale of Melibee (also called The Tale of Melibeus) is one of ""The Canterbury Tales"" by Geoffrey Chaucer. This is the second tale told by Chaucer himself as a character within the tales. It has long been regarded as a joke on the part of Chaucer that, after being interrupted by the host Harry Bailly, Chaucer launches into one of the longest and some"
"Order of The Canterbury Tales ""The Canterbury Tales"" is a collection of stories, mostly in verse, written by Geoffrey Chaucer chiefly from 1387 to 1400. They are held together in a frame story of a pilgrimage on which each member of the group is to tell two tales on the way to Canterbury, and two on the way back. Fewer than a quarter of the projected tales were completed before Chaucer's death. It is uncertain in what order Chaucer intended the tales to appear; moreover it is very possible that, as a work-in-progress, no final authorial order of tales ever"
"The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales () is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. In 1386, Chaucer became Controller of Customs and Justice of Peace and, in 1389, Clerk of the King's work. It was during these years that Chaucer began working on his most famous text, ""The Canterbury Tales"". The tales (mostly written in verse, although some are in prose) are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together from London to Canterbury to visit"
"The Miller's Tale ""The Miller's 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 (to ""quite"" someone is to repay them for a service, the service here being the telling of stories). The general prologue to ""The Canterbury Tales"" describes the Miller, Robin, as a stout and evil churl fond of wrestling. In the Miller's Prologue, the pilgrims have just"
"The Squire's Tale ""The Squire's Tale"" is a tale in Geoffrey Chaucer's ""The Canterbury Tales"". It is unfinished, perhaps deliberately, and comes first in group F, followed by the Franklin's interruption, prologue and tale. The Squire is the Knight's son, a novice warrior and lover with more enthusiasm than experience. His tale is an epic romance, which, if completed, would probably have been longer than rest of the ""Tales"" combined. It contains many literary allusions and a great deal of vivid description. The original source of the tale remains unknown. Genghis Khan (""Cambyuskan"" in Chaucer's version) leads the Mongol Empire"
"The Clerk's Tale The Clerk's Tale is the first tale of Group E (Fragment IV) in Geoffrey Chaucer's ""The Canterbury Tales"". It is preceded by The Summoner's Tale and followed by The Merchant's Tale. The Clerk of Oxenford (modern Oxford) is a student of what would nowadays be considered philosophy or theology. He tells the tale of Griselda, a young woman whose husband tests her loyalty in a series of cruel torments that recall the Biblical book of Job. The Clerk's tale is about a marquis of Saluzzo in Piedmont in Italy named Walter, a bachelor who is asked by"
"General Prologue The General Prologue is the first part of Chaucer's ""The Canterbury Tales"". 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. The setting is April, and the prologue starts by singing the praises"
"her time. The Wife of Bath's Tale The Wife of Bath's Tale () is among the best-known of Geoffrey Chaucer's ""Canterbury Tales"". It provides insight into the role of women in the Late Middle Ages and was probably of interest to Chaucer himself, for the character is one of his most developed ones, with her Prologue twice as long as her Tale. He also goes so far as to describe two sets of clothing for her in his General Prologue. She holds her own among the bickering pilgrims, and evidence in the manuscripts suggests that although she was first assigned"
"The Wife of Bath's Tale The Wife of Bath's Tale () is among the best-known of Geoffrey Chaucer's ""Canterbury Tales"". It provides insight into the role of women in the Late Middle Ages and was probably of interest to Chaucer himself, for the character is one of his most developed ones, with her Prologue twice as long as her Tale. He also goes so far as to describe two sets of clothing for her in his General Prologue. She holds her own among the bickering pilgrims, and evidence in the manuscripts suggests that although she was first assigned a different,"
"The Prioress's Tale The Prioress's Tale () follows The Shipman's Tale in Geoffrey Chaucer's ""The Canterbury Tales"". Because of fragmentation of the manuscripts, it is impossible to tell where it comes in ordinal sequence, but it is second in group B2, followed by Chaucer's Tale of Sir Topas. 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. She maintains a secular lifestyle, including keeping lap dogs that she privileges"
"stories are linked to the arrival of a group of pilgrims at Canterbury, among whom is the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, played by Pasolini himself. First Tale (The Merchant's Tale) The elderly merchant Sir January decides to marry May, a young woman who has little interest in him. After they are married, the merchant suddenly becomes blind, and insists on constantly holding on to his wife' wrist as consolation for the fact that he cannot see her. While the two are walking in the January's private garden, May asks to eat mulberries from one of the trees. Taking advantage of her"
"""Tales"" are not Chaucer's originals. The very oldest is probably MS Peniarth 392 D (called ""Hengwrt""), written by a scribe shortly after Chaucer's death. The most beautiful, on the other hand, is the Ellesmere Manuscript, a manuscript handwritten by one person with illustrations by several illustrators; the tales are put in an order that many later editors have followed for centuries. The first version of ""The Canterbury Tales"" to be published in print was William Caxton's 1476 edition. Only 10 copies of this edition are known to exist, including one held by the British Library and one held by the"
"Sir Thopas Sir Thopas is one of ""The Canterbury Tales"" by Geoffrey Chaucer, published in 1387. The tale is one of two—together with The Tale of Melibee—told by the fictive Geoffrey Chaucer as he travels with the pilgrims on the journey to Canterbury Cathedral. The tale concerns the adventures of the knight ""Sir Thopas"" and his quest to win the elf-queen. The tale is one of two told by the fictive Chaucer, along with the Tale of Melibee, who figures as one of the pilgrims who are on a journey to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. The"
"the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey. Chaucer is best known today for ""The Canterbury Tales"", a collection of stories written in Middle English (mostly written in verse although some are in prose), that are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. Chaucer is a crucial figure in developing the legitimacy of the vernacular, Middle English, at a time when the dominant literary languages in England were French and Latin."
"Good Women"", and ""Troilus and Criseyde"". He is best known today for ""The Canterbury Tales"". His work was crucial in legitimising the literary use of the Middle English vernacular at a time when the dominant literary languages in England were French and Latin. Chaucer was born in London sometime around 1343, though the precise date and location remain unknown. His father and grandfather were both London vintners, and several previous generations had been merchants in Ipswich. His family name is derived from the French ""chausseur"", meaning ""shoemaker"". In 1324, his father John Chaucer was kidnapped by an aunt in the"
"The Franklin's Tale ""The Franklin's Tale"" () is one of ""The Canterbury Tales"" by Geoffrey Chaucer. It focuses on issues of providence, truth, generosity and ""gentillesse"" in human relationships. A franklin was a medieval landowner, and this pilgrim's words when interrupting the Squire are often seen as displaying his social status of ""diminutio."" Other such devices are employed throughout the tale. The story opens and closes by recounting how two lovers decide that their marriage should be one of equal status, although they agree that, in public, Arveragus should make decisions so as not to draw suspicion. Arveragus then travels"
"in sundry lands, and especially they wend their way to Canterbury from every shire of England to seek the holy blessed martyr, who helped them when they were ill. General Prologue The General Prologue is the first part of Chaucer's ""The Canterbury Tales"". 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"
"John Mandeville. The episode of the falcon and the tercelet is similar to part of ""Anelida and Arcite"", an early work of Chaucer's. The Squire's Tale ""The Squire's Tale"" is a tale in Geoffrey Chaucer's ""The Canterbury Tales"". It is unfinished, perhaps deliberately, and comes first in group F, followed by the Franklin's interruption, prologue and tale. The Squire is the Knight's son, a novice warrior and lover with more enthusiasm than experience. His tale is an epic romance, which, if completed, would probably have been longer than rest of the ""Tales"" combined. It contains many literary allusions and a"
"tales of martyrdom circulated for worldly profit. The Prioress's Tale The Prioress's Tale () follows The Shipman's Tale in Geoffrey Chaucer's ""The Canterbury Tales"". Because of fragmentation of the manuscripts, it is impossible to tell where it comes in ordinal sequence, but it is second in group B2, followed by Chaucer's Tale of Sir Topas. 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. She maintains a secular lifestyle,"
"The Shipman's Tale The Shipman's Tale (also called The Sailor's Tale) is one of ""The Canterbury Tales"" by Geoffrey Chaucer. It is in the form of a fabliau and tells the story of a miserly merchant, his avaricious wife and her lover, a wily monk. Although similar stories can be found in Boccaccio's ""Decameron"", a frequent source for Chaucer's tales, the story is a retelling of a common folk tale: ""the lover's gift regained"". The tale tells of a merchant whose wife enjoys revelry and socialising, on which she spends much. A young monk, who is very close friends with"
"The Reeve's Tale ""The Reeve's Tale"" is the third story told in Geoffrey Chaucer's ""The Canterbury Tales"". The reeve, named Oswald in the text, is the manager of a large estate who reaped incredible profits for his master and himself. He is described in the ""Tales"" as skinny and bad-tempered. The Reeve had once been a carpenter, a profession mocked in the previous ""Miller's Tale"". Oswald responds with a tale that mocks the Miller's profession. The tale is based on a popular fabliau (also the source of the Sixth Story of the Ninth Day of The Decameron) of the period"
"cannot be proven). Chaucer produced works with much Italian influence after his Italian trip of 1372, whereas works written before his travel demonstrate French influence. Chaucer's stories imitate, among others, his Italian contemporaries Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio. For example, Boccaccio first put out his stories of ""The Decameron""; then Chaucer imitated many of these stories for his ""Canterbury Tales"". Boccaccio wrote the story of ""Griselda"", which was later translated by Petrarch. Biographers say Chaucer heard it from Petrarch first by word of mouth at Padua. Later he received a Latin copy of it that he used to develop ""The Clerk's"
"""E[v]er wag your tongues like a windmill, I you advise"". The irony is more in keeping with the clerk's ""ethos"" but contradicts his former conclusion. Finally, the host's wish that his wife might have heard this edifying tale is well within the scope of medieval ideas of female virtue while suggesting that reality will be at odds with ""exempla"": Me were levere than a barel ale<br>My wyf at hoom had herd this legende ones!<br>(1212c–1212d) The Clerk's Tale The Clerk's Tale is the first tale of Group E (Fragment IV) in Geoffrey Chaucer's ""The Canterbury Tales"". It is preceded by The"
"The Pardoner's Tale ""The Pardoner's Tale"" is one of ""The Canterbury Tales"" by Geoffrey Chaucer. In the order of the Tales, it comes after The Physician's Tale and before The Shipman's Tale; it is prompted by the Host's desire to hear something positive after that depressing tale. The Pardoner initiates his Prologue—briefly accounting his methods of conning people—and then proceeds to tell a moral tale. The tale itself is an extended exemplum. Setting out to kill Death, three young men encounter an Old Man who says they will find him under a nearby tree. When they arrive they discover a"
"Canterbury Tales (musical) Canterbury Tales is a musical originally presented at the Oxford Playhouse in 1964, conceived and directed by Martin Starkie and written by Nevill Coghill and Martin Starkie. It was expanded into a full length musical and presented at the Phoenix Theatre, London on 21 March 1968 and ran for 2,080 performances. The music was written by Richard Hill and John Hawkins, with the lyrics by Nevill Coghill. There are two versions of this musical (""Canterbury Tales"" and ""More Canterbury Tales""), each making up about half the story. Martin Starkie was the first person to dramatise Chaucer's 'The"
"significant anomalous arrangements (Hg, Ha). All manuscript orders (except Hg*) were collated by Furnivall. ""(+G = Manuscript includes the non-Chaucerian Tale of Gamelyn after the Cook's initial abortive attempt to tell a tale.)"" Order of The Canterbury Tales ""The Canterbury Tales"" is a collection of stories, mostly in verse, written by Geoffrey Chaucer chiefly from 1387 to 1400. They are held together in a frame story of a pilgrimage on which each member of the group is to tell two tales on the way to Canterbury, and two on the way back. Fewer than a quarter of the projected tales"
"Chaucer has also described him as wearing green at all times. The Canon's Yeoman's Tale The Canon's Yeoman's Tale is one of ""The Canterbury Tales"" by Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canon and his Yeoman are not mentioned in the General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales, where most of the other pilgrims are described, but they arrive later after riding fast to catch up with the group. The tale the Canon's Yeoman tells is in two parts. The first part is an exposé of the shady business of his master the Canon as an alchemist. The second part is about another canon"
"The Merchant's Tale ""The Merchant's Tale"" () is one of Geoffrey Chaucer's ""Canterbury Tales"". In it Chaucer subtly mocks antifeminist literature like that of Theophrastus ('Theofraste'). The tale also shows the influence of Boccaccio (""Decameron"": 7th day, 9th tale), Deschamps' """", ""Roman de la Rose"" by Guillaume de Lorris (translated into English by Chaucer), Andreas Capellanus, Statius and Cato. The tale is found in Persia in the Bahar Danush, in which the husband climbs a date tree instead of a pear tree. It could have arrived in Europe through the One Thousand and One Nights, or perhaps the version in"
"He writes in ""Canterbury Tales"", ""now I beg all those that listen to this little treatise, or read it, that if there be anything in it that pleases them, they thank our Lord Jesus Christ for it, from whom proceeds all understanding and goodness."" Chaucer's first major work was ""The Book of the Duchess"", an elegy for Blanche of Lancaster who died in 1368. Two other early works were ""Anelida and Arcite"" and ""The House of Fame"". He wrote many of his major works in a prolific period when he held the job of customs comptroller for London (1374 to"
"The Second Nun's Tale ""The Second Nun's Tale"" (Middle English: ""Þe Seconde Nonnes Tale""), originally written in late Middle English, is part of Geoffrey Chaucer's ""The Canterbury Tales"", which was a collection of 24 stories telling of various people. Told by a nun concerned only with spiritual matters, ""The Second Nun's Tale"" tells the story of Saint Cecilia. The hagiography (saint's life) was a popular story format during the life of Chaucer. Like many of the tales told by the pilgrims, ""The Second Nun's Tale"" incorporates elements from Dante. The lack of portrait for the second nun in the General"
"The Friar's Tale ""The Friar's Tale"" () is a story in ""The Canterbury Tales"" by Geoffrey Chaucer, told by Huberd the Friar. The story centers around a corrupt summoner and his interactions with the Devil. It is preceded by The Wife of Bath's Tale and followed by The Summoner's Tale. On the way to extort money from a widow, the Summoner encounters a yeoman who is dressed in Lincoln Green, a costume worn by outlaws and poachers. The two men swear brotherhood to each other and exchange the secrets of their respective trades, the Summoner recounting his various sins in"