Chaucer S Pilgrims

Author : Robert Thomas Lambdin,Laura Lambdin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1999-04-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313019487

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Chaucer's Pilgrims by Robert Thomas Lambdin,Laura Lambdin Pdf

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is one of the oldest and most widely studied works of English literature. The tales provide a glimpse of medieval life, and the professions of the pilgrims figure prominently in the poetry. To have a clear understanding of Chaucer's work, the reader needs to know about the vocations of the pilgrims. For some 600 years, this information has been difficult to locate. This reference work conveniently synthesizes and discusses information about the occupation of each of Chaucer's pilgrims and provides an historical context. The volume contains individual entries for each of Chaucer's pilgrims, and the entries share a similar format to foster comparison. Each entry includes three parts. First, the pilgrim's profession is discussed in terms of the daily routine of the medieval occupation. Second, the vocation is examined in terms of its reflection in the tale told by the pilgrim. Third, the vocation and the tale are discussed, when possible, in relation to the descriptions of the characters provided in the General Prologue. Each entry includes a bibliography, and the volume concludes with a list of works for further reading.

Author : Leigh Hatts
Publisher : Cicerone Press Limited
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-14
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781783624614

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The Pilgrims' Way by Leigh Hatts Pdf

This guidebook details the Pilgrims' Way, an historic pilgrimage route to Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, home of the shrine of the martyred archbishop, St Thomas Becket. The route is described both from Winchester in Hampshire (138 miles) and London's Southwark Cathedral (90¼ miles), with an optional spur to Rochester Cathedral. With relatively easy walking on ancient byways, the route from Winchester is presented in 15 stages of 5-14 miles: it can be comfortably completed in under a fortnight. It follows a major chalk ridge through scenic countryside, taking in characterful towns and villages and historic churches. The route from Southwark is described in 10 stages and includes a visit to the ruined Lesnes Abbey. Detailed route description is accompanied by 1:50,000 OS mapping, advice on making the most of a trip and information on the historical background to the pilgrimage, key historical figures and local points of interest. Accommodation listings and details of facilities and transport links can be found in the appendices. Pilgrimages to Becket's shrine began within a few years of the his death in 1170, although Canterbury was a popular destination even before this time due to the nearby shrine of St Augustine. The route has featured in literature, drama and film, and forms the setting for Geoffrey Chaucer's famous Middle English work, The Canterbury Tales.

Author : Laura Lambdin,Robert Thomas Lambdin
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1996-02-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015037350850

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Chaucer's Pilgrims by Laura Lambdin,Robert Thomas Lambdin Pdf

Entries for each of the pilgrims of Canterbury Tales discuss the professions of the pilgrims and place their vocation in historical context.

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105047975771

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Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

Author : Jerry Ellis
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780307417664

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Walking to Canterbury by Jerry Ellis Pdf

More than six hundred years ago, the Archbishop of Canterbury was murdered by King Henry II’s knights. Before the Archbishop’s blood dried on the Cathedral floor, the miracles began. The number of pilgrims visiting his shrine in the Middle Ages was so massive that the stone floor wore thin where they knelt to pray. They came seeking healing, penance, or a sign from God. Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, one of the greatest, most enduring works of English literature, is a bigger-than-life drama based on the experience of the medieval pilgrim. Power, politics, friendship, betrayal, martyrdom, miracles, and stories all had a place on the sixty mile path from London to Canterbury, known as the Pilgrim’s Way. Walking to Canterbury is Jerry Ellis’s moving and fascinating account of his own modern pilgrimage along that famous path. Filled with incredible details about medieval life, Ellis’s tale strikingly juxtaposes the contemporary world he passes through on his long hike with the history that peeks out from behind an ancient stone wall or a church. Carrying everything he needs on his back, Ellis stops at pubs and taverns for food and shelter and trades tales with the truly captivating people he meets along the way, just as the pilgrims from the twelfth century would have done. Embarking on a journey that is spiritual and historical, Ellis reveals the wonders of an ancient trek through modern England toward the ultimate goal: enlightenment.

Author : Robert Temple,Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1913378020

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Chaucer's Pilgrims by Robert Temple,Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89002459642

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Tales of the Canterbury Pilgrims by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

Author : Donald R. Howard
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520312777

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The Idea of the Canterbury Tales by Donald R. Howard Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer,Frederick Joseph Harvey Darton
Publisher : Sagwan Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1376410699

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The Story of the Canterbury Pilgrims by Geoffrey Chaucer,Frederick Joseph Harvey Darton Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Paul Strohm
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0674811992

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Social Chaucer by Paul Strohm Pdf

This text analyzes the effect of Chaucer's poetry on his contemporary readers, examining how he and his audience understood their society and how this is reflected in the works. This book provides a fuller understanding of Chaucer's world and the social implications of literary styles and form.

Author : Peter Ackroyd
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101155639

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The Canterbury Tales by Peter Ackroyd Pdf

A fresh, modern prose retelling captures the vigorous and bawdy spirit of Chaucer’s classic Renowned critic, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents the work in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to modern readers while preserving the spirit of the original. A mirror for medieval society, Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales concerns a motley group of pilgrims who meet in a London inn on their way to Canterbury and agree to take part in a storytelling competition. Ranging from comedy to tragedy, pious sermon to ribald farce, heroic adventure to passionate romance, the tales serve not only as a summation of the sensibility of the Middle Ages but as a representation of the drama of the human condition. Ackroyd’s contemporary prose emphasizes the humanity of these characters—as well as explicitly rendering the naughty good humor of the writer whose comedy influenced Fielding and Dickens—yet still masterfully evokes the euphonies and harmonies of Chaucer’s verse. This retelling is sure to delight modern readers and bring a new appreciation to those already familiar with the classic tales.

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015014383015

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The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

Chaucer's great narrative poem about a group of pilgrims traveling to Canterbury telling each other stories along the way, in an unabridged translation into modern English.

Author : Liza Picard
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780297609049

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Chaucer's People by Liza Picard Pdf

'A holiday in the complex, joyful, indelicate medieval world' John Higgs, author of Watling Street Chaucer's People is an absorbing and revealing guide to the Middle Ages, populated with Chaucer's pilgrims from The Canterbury Tales. These are lives spent at the pedal of a loom, maintaining the ledgers of an estate or navigating the high seas. Drawing on contemporary experiences of a vast range of subjects including trade, religion, toe-curling remedies and hair-raising recipes, bestselling historian Liza Picard recreates the medieval world in glorious detail.

Author : Robert N. Essick
Publisher : Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0691040117

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The Separate Plates of William Blake by Robert N. Essick Pdf

The Description for this book, The Separate Plates of William Blake: A Catalogue, will be forthcoming.

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
ISBN : NYPL:33433112024983

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The Prioresses Tale, Sire Thopas by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf