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Background Twelfth century manuscript depicting the attack on Thomas at the altar of Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury Cathedral Augustine’s monastery today， Canterbury Cathedral The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales Pilgrims on their way to Canterbury The Canterbury Tales Pilgrims on their way to Canterbury The Outline and the Prologue The Tales The famous ones are the story of : 1) the wife of Bath（巴斯夫人）, 2) the Knight（骑士）, 3) the Pardoner（卖赎罪卷者）, 4) the Nun’s Priest（尼姑的教士）, 5) the Prologue（序诗）. The Squire: a candidate for knighthood; a lover who can sing lusty songs, compose melodies, poetry Yeoman: dressed in green; an expert woodsman, an excellent shot with the bow/ arrow. Prioress: Madame Eglantine; a gentle lady; well-educated though her French wasnt accepted Parisian? French. Coy and delicate; table manner; More a woman than a nun! Without vocation but with the dogs and jewelry that satirical literature always condemns nuns for. Associates of the Prioress: 3 priests and another nun The Wife of Bath was a little deaf and that was her shame. She is so adept at making cloth that she surpasses even the cloth-making capitals of Chaucers world, Ypres and Ghent, and she wears coverchiefs which must have weyeden ten pound. She had had five husbands through the church door, and had been at Jerusalem, Rome and Boulogne on pilgrimage. She is also described as Gat-tothed (traditionally denoting lasciviousness), and as keeping good company, she knows all the answers about love: for she koude of that art the olde daunce (she knew the whole dance as far as love is concerned!). The Prologue: the poet Chaucer on his way to Canterbury Pilgrim’s Image Gallery The Pilgrims at The Tabard Conclusion feudal elements: Prioress—noble-class (her foibles) urban elements: Wife of Bath—rising burgher class (her foibles) ecclesiastical elements: pilgrimage In this part Geoffrey Chaucer gives a realistic representation of the changing time from feu