Chaucer's life
Date of birth of Chaucer
1343
Name of the 3 periods
French, Italian and English
Number of tales
24
The style of the Canterbury Tales
Medieval narrative poem
The main theme of the Canterbury Tales
The Journey
Countries where he travelled
France and Italy
The period of the Canterbury Tales
English period
Number of pilgrims
30
Type of rhymes in the Canterbury Tales
Heroic rhyming couplets
2 female characters in the Canterbury Tales
The prioress and the wife of Bath
What he became in 1374
Controller of the Customs
Number of words coined by Chaucer
2000
Where are they going
Shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury
The most distinctive feature of the Canterbury Tales
Realism
The journey is seen as
An allegory of the course of human life
Place where he is buried
Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey
2 words related to the female world coined by Chaucer
Femininity and womanhood
Where do they meet
Tabard Inn in Southwark
What's the referenc3 behind the characters name
Their profession or role
What does Chaucer seem to show for women
Understanding and respect
The title the king gave him in 1386
Clerk of the King's Works
Language used by Chaucer to wrote his masterpiece
London's dialect
How do they decide who's going to start telling the tale
By drawing/pulling/extracting straws
3 elements that we can find in the Canterbury Tales
Exaggeration, caricature and satire
Why the tale is seen as a spiritual journey
It's a journey to a holy destination