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Everything you need to know to read “The Canterbury Tales” - Iseult Gillespie
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A portly Miller, barely able to sit on his horse, rambles on about the flighty wife of a crotchety old carpenter and the scholar she takes as her lover. This might sound like a bawdy joke, but it’s part of one of the most esteemed works of English literature ever created: The Canterbury Tales. Iseult Gillespie shares everything you need to know to read Geoffrey Chaucer’s classic collection.
Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Anton Bogaty.
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The Canterbury Tales - General Prologue Video Summary
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The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer, was written in the late 1300s, soon after the bubonic plague killed millions of people in England and throughout Europe. Chaucer was one of the first English poets to write in the vernacular of Middle English, popularizing the language of his day.
The poem is a collection of 24 stories built around a frame narrative about a group of pilgrims making their journey to Canterbury. Chaucer’s work addresses gender relations, religion, and sexual immorality within English society. He critiques mem...
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A Guide To The Canterbury Tales: Why Were They Banned? | Literary Classics | Perspective
The Canterbury Tales 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.
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The Wife of Bath’s Tale - Poem Summary
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“The Wife of Bath’s Tale” is among the most iconic poems in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. Written between 1387 and 1400, The Canterbury Tales is comprised of 24 tales narrated as part of a storytelling contest between a group of pilgrims traveling from London to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint à Thomas Becket.
“The Wife of Bath’s Tale” is widely recognized as a protofeminist work since the story explores the double standard applied to women in Chaucer’s era. In medieval England, women were afforded limited agency with constrain...
published: 11 Feb 2022
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The Canterbury Tales | The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale Summary & Analysis | Geoffrey Chaucer
Summarize videos instantly with our Course Assistant plugin, and enjoy AI-generated quizzes: https://bit.ly/ch-ai-asst The Canterbury Tales summary and analysis in under five minutes. Geoffery Chaucer's classic anthology of stories is perhaps the most famous piece of Middle English literature. This video provides an in-depth summary and analysis of The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale from Geoffrey Chaucer's collection of stories The Canterbury Tales.
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The Canterbury Tales | The Knight's Tale Summary & Analysis | Geoffrey Chaucer
Summarize videos instantly with our Course Assistant plugin, and enjoy AI-generated quizzes: https://bit.ly/ch-ai-asst The Canterbury Tales summary and analysis in under five minutes. Geoffery Chaucer's classic anthology of stories is perhaps the most famous piece of Middle English literature. This video provides an in-depth summary and analysis of The Knight's Tale from Geoffrey Chaucer's collection of stories The Canterbury Tales.
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The Canterbury Tales | The Miller's Tale Summary & Analysis | Geoffrey Chaucer
Summarize videos instantly with our Course Assistant plugin, and enjoy AI-generated quizzes: https://bit.ly/ch-ai-asst The Canterbury Tales summary and analysis in under five minutes. Geoffery Chaucer's classic anthology of stories is perhaps the most famous piece of Middle English literature. This video provides an in-depth summary and analysis of The Miller's Tale from Geoffrey Chaucer's collection of stories The Canterbury Tales.
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A Canterbury Tale (1944) Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price
Also starring: Sergt John Sweet US Army, Charles Hawtrey A 'Land Girl', an American GI, and a British soldier find themselves together in a small Kent town on ...
This brief scene featuring my paternal grandmother, Katherine Sybil (Reid) Lucas MBE 1889- 1989 (aka Grannieross) as the uniformed woman asked for ...
Charming little gem of a movie. A Land Girl', an American GI, and a British soldier find themselves together in a small Kent town on the road to Canterbury. The town is ...
A Canterbury Tale (1944) Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price
A Canterbury Tale (1944) Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price
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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby on the importance of community.
How do you pray when you’ve run out of words? In this funny and poignant conversation, the Archbishop shares about seasons of grief when God has carried him and other times when he has felt alone.
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- Why he is suspicious of joy, and why they both use the theology of Winnie the Pooh
- How people in emotionally expensive professions can feel permission to do small acts of love (and angry when it’s not enough)
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THE CANTERBURY TALES by Geoffrey Chaucer - FULL AudioBook | Part 1 of 2 | Greatest AudioBooks
THE CANTERBURY TALES by Geoffrey Chaucer - FULL AudioBook | Part 1 of 2 | Greatest AudioBooks - The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of over 20 stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century, during the time of the Hundred Years' War. 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 on a journey from Southwark to 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...
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Everything you need to know to read “The Canterbury Tales” - Iseult Gillespie
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A portly Miller, barely able to sit on his horse, rambles on about the flighty wife of a crotchety old carpenter and the scholar she takes as her lover. This might sound like a bawdy joke, but it’s part of one of the most esteemed works of English literature ever created: The Canterbury Tales. Iseult Gillespie shares everything you need to know to read Geoffrey Chaucer’s classic collection.
Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Anton Bogaty.
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A portly Miller, barely able to sit on his horse, rambles on about the flighty wife of a crotchety old carpenter and the scholar she takes as her lover. This might sound like a bawdy joke, but it’s part of one of the most esteemed works of English literature ever created: The Canterbury Tales. Iseult Gillespie shares everything you need to know to read Geoffrey Chaucer’s classic collection.
Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Anton Bogaty.
Thank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you this video would not be possible! Sebastian Regez, Danielle Downs, Clovis Norroy, Liz Candee, Vinh-Thuy Nguyen, Amy Lopez, SANG HAN, Aries SW, Sebastiaan Hols, Grimes Gregory, João Henrique Rodrigues, Michael Lucke, Annastasshia Ames, Claudia Hernandez Chavarria, Livia-Alexandra Sarban, Lee , Karthik Balsubramanian, Mathew Samuel, Turine Tran, Ido brown, Jordan Tang, Christopher Jimenez, Juan, Tracey Tobkin, Sid, emily lam, Kathryn J Hammond, Elliot Poulin, Noel Situ, Latora Slydell, Sydney Evans, Victor E Karhel, Eysteinn Guðnason, Andrea Feliz, Natalia Rico, Josh Engel, Bárbara Nazaré, Zhexi Shan, PnDAA, Sandra Tersluisen, Ellen Spertus, Fabian Amels, sammie goh, Mattia Veltri, Quentin Le Menez, Yuh Saito, Heather Slater, Dr Luca Carpinelli and Christophe Dessalles.
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The Canterbury Tales - General Prologue Video Summary
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The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer, was written in the late 1300s, soon after the bubonic plague killed millions of people in England and throughout Europe. Chaucer was one of the first English poets to write in the vernacular of Middle English, popularizing the language of his day.
The poem is a collection of 24 stories built around a frame narrative about a group of pilgrims making their journey to Canterbury. Chaucer’s work addresses gender relations, religion, and sexual immorality within English society. He critiques members of the nobility, clergy, and peasantry, who were often in conflict with each other, and uses satire to call attention to the pilgrims’ hypocrisy. Chaucer unveils the vast spectacle of human failings by exposing the pilgrims’ preoccupation with worldly endeavors while on a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral.
The Canterbury Tales begins with the famous words, "When April comes with his sweet, fragrant showers, which pierce the dry ground of March, and bathe every root of every plant in sweet liquid….Then people desire to go on pilgrimages." The narrator, who is meant to be a version of Chaucer himself, is staying at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, just outside the gates of London, when the company of twenty-nine pilgrims descend.
The inn’s owner and host, Harry Bailly, sets up a challenge: each pilgrim should tell four tales on their journey—two on the way to the shrine of martyr Saint Thomas à Becket at Canterbury Cathedral, and two on their way back to London. The host will accompany them so he can judge the best story and the other pilgrims will pay for the winner’s supper upon their return.
The narrator then introduces the pilgrims, starting with the Knight who has the highest status and drew the shortest lot for the right to tell the first tale.
The Knight is a chivalrous nobleman who has fought in the Crusades in numerous countries in defense of Christendom; he is honored for his worthiness and courtesy. The Knight’s 'Fustian' tunic, made of coarse cloth, has rust stains from his coat of chainmail.
The Knight’s son, the Squire, accompanies him. At twenty years old, the Squire is a lover and a lusty bachelor, wearing clothes embroidered with red and white flowers. He constantly sings or plays the flute and is the only pilgrim, other than Chaucer himself, who explicitly has literary ambitions.
The Yeoman (a freeborn servant) also travels with the Knight, clad in a coat and a hood of green. He carries arrows made of peacock feathers, a bracer (an arm guard), a sword, a buckler, and a dagger as sharp as a spear. He wears an image of St. Christopher on his breast.
The narrator then moves on to the clergy. The Prioress, called 'Madame Eglantine' (or Mrs. Sweetbriar) sweetly sings religious services, speaks French and has excellent table manners. She would weep if she saw a mouse caught in a trap, and she has small dogs with her. She wears a brooch with the inscription 'Amor vincit omnia' ('Love conquers all').
The Prioress travels with the Second Nun who serves as her secretary, as well as three priests.
The Monk is next—a modern man who prefers to hunt hare with his greyhounds rather than read books in a cloister. The Monk is well-fed, fat, and his eyes gleam like a furnace in his head.
The Friar, named Huberd, is wanton and merry, and is licensed to beg in certain districts. Franklins (or landowners) love him as do worthy women all over town. He hears confession and gives absolution and is an excellent beggar.
The Merchant wears a forked beard, motley clothes and sits high upon his horse. He gives his opinion solemnly, and does excellent business, never being in any debt. But the narrator ominously remarks that he—the narrator—doesn’t know what other men think of the Merchant.
Next is the Clerk. A scholar of Oxford University, he would rather have twenty books by
Aristotle than rich clothes or musical instruments, and thus is dressed in a threadbare short coat. He only has a little gold, which he spends on books and learning.
The Man of Law or “sergeant of the law,” is judicious and dignified, or at least seems to be. No one can find a flaw in his legal writings. Despite his high standing, the Man of Law rides in a homely, multi-colored coat.
A Franklin travels with the Man of Law. He has a beard as white as a daisy, and is of the “sanguine humour” (dominated by his blood). He lives for culinary delight and his house is always full of meat pie, fish and more meat.
The five guildsmen include a haberdasher, carpenter, weaver, dyer, and tapester. Representing an emerging middle class, all of them are clothed in the same distinctive guildsman's dress. None tells a tale.
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The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer, was written in the late 1300s, soon after the bubonic plague killed millions of people in England and throughout Europe. Chaucer was one of the first English poets to write in the vernacular of Middle English, popularizing the language of his day.
The poem is a collection of 24 stories built around a frame narrative about a group of pilgrims making their journey to Canterbury. Chaucer’s work addresses gender relations, religion, and sexual immorality within English society. He critiques members of the nobility, clergy, and peasantry, who were often in conflict with each other, and uses satire to call attention to the pilgrims’ hypocrisy. Chaucer unveils the vast spectacle of human failings by exposing the pilgrims’ preoccupation with worldly endeavors while on a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral.
The Canterbury Tales begins with the famous words, "When April comes with his sweet, fragrant showers, which pierce the dry ground of March, and bathe every root of every plant in sweet liquid….Then people desire to go on pilgrimages." The narrator, who is meant to be a version of Chaucer himself, is staying at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, just outside the gates of London, when the company of twenty-nine pilgrims descend.
The inn’s owner and host, Harry Bailly, sets up a challenge: each pilgrim should tell four tales on their journey—two on the way to the shrine of martyr Saint Thomas à Becket at Canterbury Cathedral, and two on their way back to London. The host will accompany them so he can judge the best story and the other pilgrims will pay for the winner’s supper upon their return.
The narrator then introduces the pilgrims, starting with the Knight who has the highest status and drew the shortest lot for the right to tell the first tale.
The Knight is a chivalrous nobleman who has fought in the Crusades in numerous countries in defense of Christendom; he is honored for his worthiness and courtesy. The Knight’s 'Fustian' tunic, made of coarse cloth, has rust stains from his coat of chainmail.
The Knight’s son, the Squire, accompanies him. At twenty years old, the Squire is a lover and a lusty bachelor, wearing clothes embroidered with red and white flowers. He constantly sings or plays the flute and is the only pilgrim, other than Chaucer himself, who explicitly has literary ambitions.
The Yeoman (a freeborn servant) also travels with the Knight, clad in a coat and a hood of green. He carries arrows made of peacock feathers, a bracer (an arm guard), a sword, a buckler, and a dagger as sharp as a spear. He wears an image of St. Christopher on his breast.
The narrator then moves on to the clergy. The Prioress, called 'Madame Eglantine' (or Mrs. Sweetbriar) sweetly sings religious services, speaks French and has excellent table manners. She would weep if she saw a mouse caught in a trap, and she has small dogs with her. She wears a brooch with the inscription 'Amor vincit omnia' ('Love conquers all').
The Prioress travels with the Second Nun who serves as her secretary, as well as three priests.
The Monk is next—a modern man who prefers to hunt hare with his greyhounds rather than read books in a cloister. The Monk is well-fed, fat, and his eyes gleam like a furnace in his head.
The Friar, named Huberd, is wanton and merry, and is licensed to beg in certain districts. Franklins (or landowners) love him as do worthy women all over town. He hears confession and gives absolution and is an excellent beggar.
The Merchant wears a forked beard, motley clothes and sits high upon his horse. He gives his opinion solemnly, and does excellent business, never being in any debt. But the narrator ominously remarks that he—the narrator—doesn’t know what other men think of the Merchant.
Next is the Clerk. A scholar of Oxford University, he would rather have twenty books by
Aristotle than rich clothes or musical instruments, and thus is dressed in a threadbare short coat. He only has a little gold, which he spends on books and learning.
The Man of Law or “sergeant of the law,” is judicious and dignified, or at least seems to be. No one can find a flaw in his legal writings. Despite his high standing, the Man of Law rides in a homely, multi-colored coat.
A Franklin travels with the Man of Law. He has a beard as white as a daisy, and is of the “sanguine humour” (dominated by his blood). He lives for culinary delight and his house is always full of meat pie, fish and more meat.
The five guildsmen include a haberdasher, carpenter, weaver, dyer, and tapester. Representing an emerging middle class, all of them are clothed in the same distinctive guildsman's dress. None tells a tale.
- published: 26 Mar 2021
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A Guide To The Canterbury Tales: Why Were They Banned? | Literary Classics | Perspective
The Canterbury Tales 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. ...
The Canterbury Tales 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.
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The Wife of Bath’s Tale - Poem Summary
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“The Wife of Bath’s Tale” is among the most iconic poems in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. Written between 1387 and 1400, The Canterbury Tales is comprised of 24 tales narrated as part of a storytelling contest between a group of pilgrims traveling from London to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint à Thomas Becket.
“The Wife of Bath’s Tale” is widely recognized as a protofeminist work since the story explores the double standard applied to women in Chaucer’s era. In medieval England, women were afforded limited agency with constraints on their gender roles and identities. Whatever little power men allowed them to possess was attributed to their social rank and marital status. Therefore, The Wife of Bath is one of Chaucer’s most developed and outspoken characters, with her descriptive and unconventional prologue weighing in at double the length of those of her fellow pilgrims.
The Wife of Bath begins the prologue to her tale by making a case for the importance of life experience for women. Having married five times herself, she argues that the Bible does not prohibit women from marrying more than once, as Abraham and Solomon did. Instead, she says, the Bible orders people to “go forth and multiply,” which she interprets as license to use her body however she chooses.
Soon, the Pardoner, a shameless seller of Catholic pardons for sins, interrupts. He claims that he was about to take a wife, but that the Wife of Bath has put him off of the idea. The Wife of Bath advises him to listen carefully to her tale before forming an opinion on the matter.
The Wife of Bath goes on to describe her five husbands, three of whom she characterizes as “good.” However, she defines “good” as rich, old, and submissive and goes on to detail the various ways in which she manipulated these men for money. Her tactics included withholding intimacy, nagging at them, and accusing them of infidelity. This last ploy is especially hypocritical, since she admits to having been adulterous herself.
In contrast, the Wife of Bath describes the following two husbands as “bad.” Her fourth spouse was a drunk who kept a mistress, while her fifth husband, Jankin, was kind to her in the bedroom but beat her viciously. Jankin was half the Wife’s age yet often read to her from a book of “wicked wives,” a volume of antifeminist literature that she forced him to burn after a particularly violent fight. Once he had submitted to her in this way, Jankin and the Wife of Bath enjoyed a perfectly happy marriage.
At this point, the Friar, a corrupt clergyman, mocks the Wife of Bath for her long-windedness. But the Summoner, another hypocritical religious figure, tells the friar to sit down, remarking that friars are notorious for their long stories. The friar retorts that, when his turn comes, he will seek his revenge by telling a farcical tale about a summoner.
Finally, the Wife of Bath arrives at her tale, which is set in the time of King Arthur. While riding home from a hawking expedition, one of the king’s knights happens upon a maiden walking alone. He violates her, a crime punishable by death at the time. But when he appears before the king, the queen intervenes, promising to spare the knight’s life if he can answer one question: “what do women most desire?”
Given one year to answer this query, the knight journeys far and wide, asking the question of everyone he encounters, but no two people give the same answer. Whereas, some say wealth, others say status, freedom, or good lovers. A year passes, and the knight journeys back home to appear before the queen. But on his way, he encounters a group of 24 maidens dancing in the forest.
He approaches the women, but they suddenly disappear, leaving only an ugly old woman. She agrees to provide the correct answer to the queen’s question, but on the condition that he do whatever she asks. He agrees, and she whispers the answer into his ear.
When they arrive at court, the knight relays the old woman’s answer to the queen: that women desire sovereignty over their husbands most of all. The queen agrees, pardoning him, but the knight is loathe to follow through with his promise when the old woman announces that he must now take her as his wife. Left with no way out of his promise, the knight marries the old crone.
Lying in bed together after the wedding, the old woman notes the knight’s unhappiness and gives him a choice: would he rather have an old, ugly wife who is entirely faithful to him or a young, fair wife who cuckolds him. The knight thinks hard but cannot arrive at an answer and finally tells the woman to choose whichever option she thinks would bring the most honor.
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“The Wife of Bath’s Tale” is among the most iconic poems in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. Written between 1387 and 1400, The Canterbury Tales is comprised of 24 tales narrated as part of a storytelling contest between a group of pilgrims traveling from London to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint à Thomas Becket.
“The Wife of Bath’s Tale” is widely recognized as a protofeminist work since the story explores the double standard applied to women in Chaucer’s era. In medieval England, women were afforded limited agency with constraints on their gender roles and identities. Whatever little power men allowed them to possess was attributed to their social rank and marital status. Therefore, The Wife of Bath is one of Chaucer’s most developed and outspoken characters, with her descriptive and unconventional prologue weighing in at double the length of those of her fellow pilgrims.
The Wife of Bath begins the prologue to her tale by making a case for the importance of life experience for women. Having married five times herself, she argues that the Bible does not prohibit women from marrying more than once, as Abraham and Solomon did. Instead, she says, the Bible orders people to “go forth and multiply,” which she interprets as license to use her body however she chooses.
Soon, the Pardoner, a shameless seller of Catholic pardons for sins, interrupts. He claims that he was about to take a wife, but that the Wife of Bath has put him off of the idea. The Wife of Bath advises him to listen carefully to her tale before forming an opinion on the matter.
The Wife of Bath goes on to describe her five husbands, three of whom she characterizes as “good.” However, she defines “good” as rich, old, and submissive and goes on to detail the various ways in which she manipulated these men for money. Her tactics included withholding intimacy, nagging at them, and accusing them of infidelity. This last ploy is especially hypocritical, since she admits to having been adulterous herself.
In contrast, the Wife of Bath describes the following two husbands as “bad.” Her fourth spouse was a drunk who kept a mistress, while her fifth husband, Jankin, was kind to her in the bedroom but beat her viciously. Jankin was half the Wife’s age yet often read to her from a book of “wicked wives,” a volume of antifeminist literature that she forced him to burn after a particularly violent fight. Once he had submitted to her in this way, Jankin and the Wife of Bath enjoyed a perfectly happy marriage.
At this point, the Friar, a corrupt clergyman, mocks the Wife of Bath for her long-windedness. But the Summoner, another hypocritical religious figure, tells the friar to sit down, remarking that friars are notorious for their long stories. The friar retorts that, when his turn comes, he will seek his revenge by telling a farcical tale about a summoner.
Finally, the Wife of Bath arrives at her tale, which is set in the time of King Arthur. While riding home from a hawking expedition, one of the king’s knights happens upon a maiden walking alone. He violates her, a crime punishable by death at the time. But when he appears before the king, the queen intervenes, promising to spare the knight’s life if he can answer one question: “what do women most desire?”
Given one year to answer this query, the knight journeys far and wide, asking the question of everyone he encounters, but no two people give the same answer. Whereas, some say wealth, others say status, freedom, or good lovers. A year passes, and the knight journeys back home to appear before the queen. But on his way, he encounters a group of 24 maidens dancing in the forest.
He approaches the women, but they suddenly disappear, leaving only an ugly old woman. She agrees to provide the correct answer to the queen’s question, but on the condition that he do whatever she asks. He agrees, and she whispers the answer into his ear.
When they arrive at court, the knight relays the old woman’s answer to the queen: that women desire sovereignty over their husbands most of all. The queen agrees, pardoning him, but the knight is loathe to follow through with his promise when the old woman announces that he must now take her as his wife. Left with no way out of his promise, the knight marries the old crone.
Lying in bed together after the wedding, the old woman notes the knight’s unhappiness and gives him a choice: would he rather have an old, ugly wife who is entirely faithful to him or a young, fair wife who cuckolds him. The knight thinks hard but cannot arrive at an answer and finally tells the woman to choose whichever option she thinks would bring the most honor.
- published: 11 Feb 2022
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The Canterbury Tales | The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale Summary & Analysis | Geoffrey Chaucer
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The Canterbury Tales | The Knight's Tale Summary & Analysis | Geoffrey Chaucer
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The Canterbury Tales | The Miller's Tale Summary & Analysis | Geoffrey Chaucer
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- published: 30 Nov 2017
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A Canterbury Tale (1944) Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price
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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby on the importance of community.
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THE CANTERBURY TALES by Geoffrey Chaucer - FULL AudioBook | Part 1 of 2 | Greatest AudioBooks
THE CANTERBURY TALES by Geoffrey Chaucer - FULL AudioBook | Part 1 of 2 | Greatest AudioBooks - The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) is ...
THE CANTERBURY TALES by Geoffrey Chaucer - FULL AudioBook | Part 1 of 2 | Greatest AudioBooks - The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of over 20 stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century, during the time of the Hundred Years' War. 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 on a journey from Southwark to 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 the descriptions of its characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society at the time, and particularly of the Church. Structurally, the collection resembles The Decameron, which Chaucer may have read during his first diplomatic mission to Italy in 1372.
It is sometimes argued that the greatest contribution The Canterbury Tales made to English literature was in popularising the literary use of vernacular, English, rather than French or Latin. English had, however, been used as a literary language centuries before Chaucer's time, and several of Chaucer's contemporaries—John Gower, William Langland, the Pearl Poet, and Julian of Norwich—also wrote major literary works in English. It is unclear to what extent Chaucer was responsible for starting a trend as opposed to simply being part of it.
While Chaucer clearly states the addressees of many of his poems, the intended audience of The Canterbury Tales is more difficult to determine. Chaucer was a courtier, leading some to believe that he was mainly a court poet who wrote exclusively for nobility. (Summary adapted from wiki)
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01 -- Preface -- 00:06:21
Read by: Gesine
02 -- The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer -- 00:58:18
Read by: Chip
03 -- The General Prologue -- 00:39:00
Read by: Thomas Hoover
04a -- The Knight's Tale -- 01:06:20
Read by: Ted Delorme
04b -- The Knight's Tale -- 01:19:51
Read by: Ted Delorme
05 -- The Miller's Tale -- 00:54:42
Read by: Gord Mackenzie
06 -- The Reeve's Tale -- 00:23:26
Read by: Alex Foster
07 -- The Cook's Tale -- 00:07:51
Read by: Chip
08 -- The Man Of Law's Tale -- 01:19:51
Read by: Chip
09 -- The Wife of Bath's Tale -- 01:03:23
Read by: Kristin LeMoine
10 -- The Friar's Tale -- 00:22:53
Read by: Kara Shallenberg
11 -- The Sompnour's Tale -- 00:43:03
Read by: Chip
12 -- The Clerk's Tale -- 01:20:06
Read by: Chip
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13 -- The Merchant's Tale -- 01:21:25
14 -- The Squire's Tale -- 00:31:34
15 -- The Franklin's Tale -- 00:43:41
16 -- The Doctor's Tale -- 00:17:01
17 -- The Pardoner's Tale -- 00:40:02
18 -- The Shipman's Tale -- 00:27:36
19 -- The Prioress's Tale -- 00:15:06
20 -- The Tale of Sir Thopas -- 00:10:12
21 -- Chaucer's Tale of Meliboeus -- 00:36:01
22 -- The Monk's Tale -- 00:47:29
23 -- The Nun's Priest's Tale -- 00:47:07
24 -- The Second Nun's Tale -- 00:27:43
25 -- The Canons Yeoman's Tale -- 00:37:28
26 -- The Manciple's Tale -- 00:17:04
27 -- The Parson's Tale -- 00:54:57
28 -- Preces de Chauceres -- 00:03:48
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THE CANTERBURY TALES by Geoffrey Chaucer - FULL AudioBook | Part 1 of 2 | Greatest AudioBooks - The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of over 20 stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century, during the time of the Hundred Years' War. 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 on a journey from Southwark to 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 the descriptions of its characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society at the time, and particularly of the Church. Structurally, the collection resembles The Decameron, which Chaucer may have read during his first diplomatic mission to Italy in 1372.
It is sometimes argued that the greatest contribution The Canterbury Tales made to English literature was in popularising the literary use of vernacular, English, rather than French or Latin. English had, however, been used as a literary language centuries before Chaucer's time, and several of Chaucer's contemporaries—John Gower, William Langland, the Pearl Poet, and Julian of Norwich—also wrote major literary works in English. It is unclear to what extent Chaucer was responsible for starting a trend as opposed to simply being part of it.
While Chaucer clearly states the addressees of many of his poems, the intended audience of The Canterbury Tales is more difficult to determine. Chaucer was a courtier, leading some to believe that he was mainly a court poet who wrote exclusively for nobility. (Summary adapted from wiki)
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Chapter listing and length:
01 -- Preface -- 00:06:21
Read by: Gesine
02 -- The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer -- 00:58:18
Read by: Chip
03 -- The General Prologue -- 00:39:00
Read by: Thomas Hoover
04a -- The Knight's Tale -- 01:06:20
Read by: Ted Delorme
04b -- The Knight's Tale -- 01:19:51
Read by: Ted Delorme
05 -- The Miller's Tale -- 00:54:42
Read by: Gord Mackenzie
06 -- The Reeve's Tale -- 00:23:26
Read by: Alex Foster
07 -- The Cook's Tale -- 00:07:51
Read by: Chip
08 -- The Man Of Law's Tale -- 01:19:51
Read by: Chip
09 -- The Wife of Bath's Tale -- 01:03:23
Read by: Kristin LeMoine
10 -- The Friar's Tale -- 00:22:53
Read by: Kara Shallenberg
11 -- The Sompnour's Tale -- 00:43:03
Read by: Chip
12 -- The Clerk's Tale -- 01:20:06
Read by: Chip
FOR BOOKS 13-28 SEE PART 2:
13 -- The Merchant's Tale -- 01:21:25
14 -- The Squire's Tale -- 00:31:34
15 -- The Franklin's Tale -- 00:43:41
16 -- The Doctor's Tale -- 00:17:01
17 -- The Pardoner's Tale -- 00:40:02
18 -- The Shipman's Tale -- 00:27:36
19 -- The Prioress's Tale -- 00:15:06
20 -- The Tale of Sir Thopas -- 00:10:12
21 -- Chaucer's Tale of Meliboeus -- 00:36:01
22 -- The Monk's Tale -- 00:47:29
23 -- The Nun's Priest's Tale -- 00:47:07
24 -- The Second Nun's Tale -- 00:27:43
25 -- The Canons Yeoman's Tale -- 00:37:28
26 -- The Manciple's Tale -- 00:17:04
27 -- The Parson's Tale -- 00:54:57
28 -- Preces de Chauceres -- 00:03:48
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- published: 21 Feb 2013
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