"rescued by Richard II who decides that the Wife may marry a sixth time only on condition that she marry a miller. A devoted miller joyfully accepts the opportunity and the Prioress and Chaucer are reconciled. The Canterbury Pilgrims The Canterbury Pilgrims is an opera by the American composer Reginald De Koven. It premiered at the Metropolitan Opera House on March 8, 1917. The libretto, written by Percy MacKaye, is loosely based on Geoffrey Chaucer's ""The Canterbury Tales"". Place: England. Time: April, 1387. The story has to do with the merry schemes of the Wife of Bath, who has fallen"
"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"
"mother gets involved and sets her adrift at sea. "" constabless, crone, dilatation, erect, femininity, feminity, man of law, mortally, motive, muse, peace, seriously, victorious, wrack "" The Wife of Bath's Tale is a tale about marriage. Scholars have associated this story as one of the so-called ""marriage group"" of Chaucer tales. "" annex, ascendant, ba, bum, bumble, caterwaul, chose, disfigure, Ecclesiast, inclination, lure, Martian, peace, preamble, preambulation, resemblance, reveller, sip, spaniel, squire, stubborn, taur, vacation"" The Friar's Tale is a satirical attack on the profession of summoner. "" approver, bribe, bribery, determinate, flattering, foal, rebeck "" The Summoner's Tale"
"completed in 1340: <poem> Nou wille þet ye hou is þet þis boc is Engliss of Kent. Þis boc is vor men Vor vader and vor moder and vor oþer þet ine ne no voul . ' ase god' in his name , Þet þis boc made god him þet bread, Of angles of hevene, and þerto his , And his þet he is . Amen. </poem> The beginning of ""The Canterbury Tales"", a collection of stories in poetry and prose written in the London dialect of Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century: <poem>"
"""""The Canterbury Tales"""". However, the reference to Vache in Chaucer's poem may on good grounds also be a pun on his own name. The phrase Vache, leve! in the first line of the Envoy corresponds to medieval French Vache, reïs!, 'cow, leave!'. The French phase reïs, Vache!, (REISVACHE), when reversed, becomes CHAVSIER, the French form of the poet's name (this is a so-called palindrome). In the First Book of Kings in the Old Testament, the cows on their way to Beth Shemesh are likened to holy men, or monks on their way to the Heavenly Jerusalem. Chaucer may have regarded"
"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"
"Chaucer's ""The Knight's Tale"" in his ""The Canterbury Tales"", though the plot is not similar. It was a modest success at the box office, garnering $117,487,473 with a budget of $65 million, but has received mixed reviews. At a jousting tournament in 14th-century Europe, young squires William Thatcher, Roland, and Wat discover that their master, Sir Ector, has died. If he had completed one final pass he would have won the tournament. Destitute, William wears Ector's armour to impersonate him, winning the tournament and taking the prize. Although only nobles are allowed in tournaments, William is now inspired to compete"
"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"
"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 shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The prize for this contest is a free meal at the Tabard Inn at Southwark on their return. After a long list of works written earlier in his career, including ""Troilus and Criseyde"", ""House of Fame"", and ""Parliament of Fowls"", ""The Canterbury Tales"" is near-unanimously seen as Chaucer's ""magnum opus"". He uses the tales and descriptions of its characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society at the time, and particularly of the Church. Chaucer's use of such a wide range of classes and types of people was"
"Ellesmere Chaucer 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"". Written most likely in the first or second decade of the fifteenth century, the early history of the manuscript is uncertain, but it seems to have been owned by John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (1408–1462). The manuscript takes its popular name from the fact that it later belonged to Sir"
"The Parson's Tale The Parson's Tale seems, from the evidence of its prologue, to have been intended as the final tale of Geoffrey Chaucer's poetic cycle ""The Canterbury Tales"". The ""tale"", which is the longest of all the surviving contributions by Chaucer's pilgrims, is in fact neither a story nor a poem, but a long and unrelieved prose treatise on penance. Critics and readers are generally unclear what rhetorical effect Chaucer may have intended by ending his cycle in this unlikely, extra-generic fashion. In the prologue to the tale, the host asks the Parson for a fable (the form used"
"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"
"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"
"The Knight's Tale ""The Knight's 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. We are told that he has taken part in some fifteen crusades in many countries and also fought for one pagan leader against another. However though the list of campaigns, mentioned by Chaucer, is real, ""and though it was perhaps just possible for one man to have been in them all, [it] is probably idealized."" Chaucer's"
"works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Chaucer's astrological passages are particularly frequent and knowledge of astrological basics is often assumed through his work. He knew enough of his period's astrology and astronomy to write a ""Treatise on the Astrolabe"" for his son. He pinpoints the early spring season of the Canterbury Tales in the opening verses of the prologue by noting that the Sun ""hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne"". He makes the Wife of Bath refer to ""sturdy hardiness"" as an attribute of Mars, and associates Mercury with ""clerkes"". In the early modern period, astrological references are also to"
"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 Man of Law's Tale The Man of Law's Tale is the fifth of the ""Canterbury Tales"" by Geoffrey Chaucer, written around 1387. John Gower's ""Tale of Constance"" in ""Confessio Amantis"" tells the same story and may have been a source for Chaucer. Nicholas Trivet's ""Les chronicles"" was a source for both authors. Constance (Custance in Chaucer) is the daughter of the emperor in Rome. Syrian merchants report her great beauty to the Sultan. A marriage contract is negotiated by her father which requires the Sultan and his subjects to convert to Christianity.MLT or CA The Sultan's mother, enraged that"
"him to a ball and introduce him as the Duc de Chateaurien to Lady Mary Carlisle, ""the Beauty of Bath."" Beaucaire as Chateaurien wins the lady’s affection and the admiration of Bath society. In the days that follow Beaucaire twice emerges successfully from duels with men who pretend to insult him on their own behalf but are in fact acting on behalf of Winterset. Beaucaire and several British gentlemen accompany Lady Carlisle en route from a party. Beaucaire and Lady Carlisle engage in amorous conversation. Highwaymen attack Beaucaire shouting ""barber!"" and the others leave him to defend himself. He does"
"to gain individualism and independence. The novel's title echoes the component parts of Geoffrey Chaucer's ""The Canterbury Tales"", which is a series of connected stories (""The Merchant's Tale"", ""The Parson's Tale"", etc.). ""The Handmaid's Tale"" is structured into two parts, night and other various events. This novel can be interpreted as a double narrative, Offred's tale and the handmaids' tales. The night sections are solely about Offred, and the other sections (shopping, waiting room, household, etc.) are the stories that describe the possible life of every handmaid, though from the perspective of Offred. In many of these sections, Offred jumps"
"""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"
"majority of its stories do not originate with Ovid himself, but with such writers as Hesiod and Homer, for others the poem is their sole source. The influence of the poem on the works of Geoffrey Chaucer is extensive. In ""The Canterbury Tales"", the story of Coronis and Phoebus Apollo (Book II 531–632) is adapted to form the basis for The Manciple's Tale. The story of Midas (Book XI 174–193) is referred to and appears—though much altered—in The Wife of Bath's Tale. The story of Ceyx and Alcyone (from Book IX) is adapted by Chaucer in his poem ""The Book"
"moral satires of Chaucer's writings, enabled it to be passed on to affect the ideologies of new generations. Loathly lady The loathly lady (Motif D732 in Stith Thompson's motif index), is a tale type commonly used in medieval literature, most famously in Geoffrey Chaucer's ""The Wife of Bath's Tale"". The motif is that of a woman who appears unattractive (ugly, ""loathly"") but undergoes a transformation upon being approached by a man in spite of her unattractiveness, becoming extremely desirable. It is then revealed that her ugliness was the result of a curse which was broken by the hero's action. The"
"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 Legend of Good Women The Legend of Good Women is a poem in the form of a dream vision by Geoffrey Chaucer. The poem is the third longest of Chaucer's works, after ""The Canterbury Tales"" and ""Troilus and Criseyde"", and is possibly the first significant work in English to use the iambic pentameter or decasyllabic couplets which he later used throughout ""The Canterbury Tales"". This form of the heroic couplet would become a significant part of English literature no doubt inspired by Chaucer. The prologue describes how Chaucer is reprimanded by the god of love and his queen, Alceste,"
"Batley"" are parodies of the names of the Chaucerian characters, the Wife of Bath and the Huberd the Friar. The figure of Chaucer himself is replaced by the writer Eric. Plater adapted five of the original stories: the Miller's Tale, the Wife of Bath's tale, the Reeve's Tale, the Knight's Tale and the Franklin's Tale. Another story begun by Eric is cut off by the other pilgrims for being boring, just like Chaucer's tale of Sir Thopas in the original. The tales are told in ways that parody TV and film clichés of the era. Thus ""The Man of Law's"
"squeezes me. Her eye will be wet."") which suggests the answer ""a penis"" but has the correct answer ""an onion"". Examples of sexual innuendo and double-entendre occur in Geoffrey Chaucer's ""The Canterbury Tales"" (14th century), in which the Wife of Bath's Tale is laden with double entendres. The most famous of these may be her use of the word ""queynte"" to describe both domestic duties (from the homonym ""quaint"") and genitalia (""queynte"" being the root of 'cunt', a vulgar English word for vagina). The title of Sir Thomas More's 1516 fictional work ""Utopia"" is a double entendre because of the"
"The Marriage of Sir Gawain ""The Marriage of Sir Gawain"" is an English Arthurian ballad, collected as Child Ballad 31. Found in the Percy Folio, it is a fragmented account of the story of Sir Gawain and the loathly lady, which has been preserved in fuller form in the medieval poem ""The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle"". The loathly lady episode itself dates at least back to Geoffrey Chaucer's ""Wife of Bath's Tale"" from ""The Canterbury Tales"". Unlike most of the Child Ballads, but like the Arthurian ""King Arthur and King Cornwall"" and ""The Boy and the Mantle"","
"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"
"Chaucer was a courtier, leading some to believe that he was mainly a court poet who wrote exclusively for nobility. ""The Canterbury Tales"" is generally thought to have been incomplete at the end of Chaucer's life. In the General Prologue, some 30 pilgrims are introduced. According to the Prologue, Chaucer's intention was to write four stories from the perspective of each pilgrim, two each on the way to and from their ultimate destination, St. Thomas Becket's shrine (making for a total of about 120 stories). Although perhaps incomplete, ""The Canterbury Tales"" is revered as one of the most important works"
"Gawain and Dame Ragnelle"" was most likely written after Geoffrey Chaucer's ""The Wife of Bath's Tale"", one of ""The Canterbury Tales"". The differences between the two almost identical plots lead scholars to believe that the poem is a parody of the romantic medieval tradition. The physical characteristics of Dame Ragnelle are exaggerated in comparison to the earlier text. Other characters, such as Sir Gawain and King Arthur, are portrayed as very stylized stereotypes of themselves. There are many references to aristocratic practices which seem to indicate the author's overall distaste for them. For example, Dame Ragnelle behaves appallingly at the"
"""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 Nun's Priest's Tale The Nun's Priest's Tale (Middle English: ""the Nonnes Preestes Tale of the Cok and Hen, Chauntecleer and Pertelote"") is one of ""The Canterbury Tales"" by the Middle English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Composed in the 1390s, the 626-line narrative poem is a beast fable and mock epic based on an incident in the Reynard cycle. The story of Chanticleer and the Fox became further popularised in Britain through this means. The prologue clearly links the story with the previous Monk's Tale, a series of short accounts of toppled despots, criminals and fallen heroes which prompts an interruption"