Canterbury’s awe-inspiring cathedral, established by St Augustine in the 6th century and largely reworked by the Normans, is the mother church of the Church of England. It’s famed for being where the priest Thomas Becket was brutally assassinated in 1170, after which it became a major pilgrimage centre, celebrated in Chaucer’s ribald The Canterbury Tales. Beyond the sweeping nave with ...
Geoffrey Chaucer is known as the “father of English literature” for his medieval classic The Canterbury Tales, a work that encouraged writers of his time to write in Middle English rather than French.
The Wife of Bath was dreamed up by Geoffrey Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales more than 600 years ago. She has captured countless imaginations since. The character known for her lusty appetites, gossipy ...
The Conversation: Modern day Canterbury Tales refreshes Chaucer to tell the lost stories of refugees
In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, his unfinished account of a 13th-century pilgrimage, the host, in his cheerful and accommodating manner, suggests that as they walk the pilgrims should tell ...
Modern day Canterbury Tales refreshes Chaucer to tell the lost stories of refugees
Canterbury (/ ˈkæntərbəri / ⓘ KAN-tər-bər-ee or /- bɛri / -berr-ee) [2] is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Canterbury district, county of Kent, England; it was a county borough until 1974. Lying on the River Stour not far from its mouth on the Strait of Dover, the city has a mild oceanic climate. Canterbury is a popular tourist destination, with the city's economy ...
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