Characters
The noble man who tells a tale about courtly love
The Knight
Where they are headed on the pilgrimage.
Canterbury
The reasons to tell the tales while travelling
For entertainment
Author of The Canterbury Tales.
Chaucer
The number of pilgrims going on the pilgrimage
29
What country is the Canterbury tales set in
England
The other part that must be included in every story told by the pilgrims
a moral or a lesson
The language in which the Canterbury Tales is written
Middle English
The individual who leads the pilgrimage
The owner of the Inn (also called the Host)
Historical Era when the Canterbury Tales takes place
The Middle Ages
The social classes represented in the tale
Why did they go on the pilgrimage
To increase their faith by visiting Beckett's grave
The woman who has had 5 husbands during her life
The Wife of Bath
The shrine that the pilgrims are going to visit at the end of the pilgrimage
The Shrine of Thomas Becket
The top of the social hierarchy during the Middle Ages
The King
What time of year where the tale takes place
Spring (April)
The pilgrim who had yellow, waxy hair and a rat-tail
The Pardoner
Where they first meet to begin their pilgrimage.
The Tabbard Inn
The bottom of the social hierarchy
Peasants/Surfs
The Bubonic Plague