Choosing Chaucer
This is the name of the inn where the pilgrims meet-up
Tabard
The Medieval Period begins with this famous battle.
Battle of Hastings
This year is marks the end of the Anglo-Saxon Period and the beginning of the Medieval Period
1066
The Squire
Wore a Fustian tunic with smudges on it
Knight
This profession chose to renounce all worldly life and goods and spend their lives working under the strict routine and discipline of life in a convent. Vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience were taken, and this profession dedicated their life to Christ
Nun
Has a wart with a tuft of red hair sticking out
Miller
The pilgrims traveling together from London to Canterbury are going to see the shrine of this saint
Thomas Beckett
This is the another term for church workers
clergy
According to the Host's plan, each pilgrim is supposed to tell THIS many stories in total.
Four
This pilgrim speaks French "daintily" and feeds dogs scraps of food from the table.
The. Nun/Prioress
"I saw his sleeves were garnished at the hand / With fine grey fur, the finest in the land / And on his hood, to fasten at his chin / He had a wrought-gold cunningly fashioned pin"
The Monk
Made vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity. The daily life of Medieval monks was dedicated to worship, reading, and manual labor. They lived a life of seclusion in monasteries.
Monk
Hair as yellow as wax that falls like rat-tails
Pardoner
This Italian work written by Boccaccio is the inspiration for the The Canterbury Tales
The Decameron
Who led the last successful invasion of England?
William, the Duke of Normandy
The total number of pilgrims traveling to Canterbury, including the narrator.
30
This pilgrim sells fake relics and sings the Offeratory best
The Pardoner
"He was embroidered like a meadow bright / And full of freshest flowers- red and white"
The Squire
A traveling monk who is active in the community, performing certain rites, hearing confessions, arbitrating disputes, and teaching children
Friar
Neck was whiter than a lily-flower
Friar
From his home in London, Chaucer's window looked over this?
The road to Canterbury
Latin
The number of estates / social classes in Medieval society
3
This pilgrim sits in the seat of honor and is well-respected for their accomplishments.
The Knight
"Her kerchiefs were of finely woven ground / I dared have sworn they weighed a good ten pound" and scarlet hose.
The Wife/Woman of Bath
This profession is to issue summons from the church against sinners who, under penalty of excommunication, pay indulgences for their sins to the church
Summoner
Had locks as if they had been pressed
Squire
This is the term for a pair of rhyming iambic pentameters, much used by Chaucer and the poets of the 17th and 18th centuries such as Alexander Pope.
Heroic couplet
In 1095, Pope Urban II promised the knights of Europe THIS if they went on a Crusade to win back Jerusalem for Christianity.
Forgiveness of sins
It is in THIS month that the pilgrims are traveling to Canterbury. What number is it?
Four
This pilgrim is "champion of the hour" at sing-songs and plays the hurdy-gurdy
"Not then appearing as your cloistered scholar / With threadbare habit hardly worth a dollar / But much more like a Doctor or a Pope / Of double-worsted was the semi-cope / Upon his shoulders..."
The Friar
Provided care for the members of the community and conducted Mass in the parishes. Presided over baptisms and weddings and usually was the sole source of education. In charge of ensuring that the religious occasions and events were observed and he performed the final rites to the dying.
Parson
Had carbuncles all over his face
Summoner
One thing that makes this work famous is its use of the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region. Chaucer lets his characters speak as they actually speak. What is the term for this type of language
vernacular
In 1086, a comprehensive record of the extent, value, ownership, and liabilities of land in England was created. This book is currently on display at the National Archives in Britain.
Domesday Book
Chaucer is known as "the father of English poetry" for his use of the heroic couplet. How many lines are in a heroic couplet?
Two
"Knew the remedies for love's mischances"
Wife of Bath
The Miller
Miller
Was "by no means undergrown"
Nun/Prioress