Liceo “P. Virgilio Marone”Avellino

A REVERSE GRAND TOUR

PON C1 FSE 2010-2246

The Canterbury Tales

Snapshot of an Age

The Canterbury Tales

Snapshot of an Age

The Journey Begins . . .

In October 1066, a daylong battle near Hastings, England, changed the course of history.

England in the Middle Ages

Feudalism replaced the Nordic social system.

The primary duty of males above the serf class was to serve in the military—Knighthood.

Women had no political rights.

Chivalry and courtly love served as the system of social codes

England in the Middle Ages

Lower, middle, and upper-middle classes developed in the cities.

England in the Middle Ages

The Crusades extended from 1095-1270.They brought contact with Eastern mathematics, astronomy, architecture, and crafts.

England in the Middle Ages

The Magna-Carta defeated papal central power.

England in the Middle Ages

The Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) was the first national war waged by England.

England in the Middle Ages

The Black Death (1348-1349) brought the end of the Middle Ages.

Fleas on rats carried the bubonic plague

which killed thousands of people.

in Europe.

How do the writings of the Middle Ages represent the lives, loves, loyalties, and humor of humanity?

Geoffrey Chaucerc. 1343-1400

Considered the father of English poetryWrote in the vernacularServed as a soldier, government servant, and member of ParliamentIntroduced iambic pentameterFirst writer buried in Westminster Abbey

It frames a story of characters on a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury.The characters are a concise portrait of an entire nation.The pilgrimage is a quest narrative that moves from images of spring and awakening to penance, death, and eternal life.The characters tell stories that reflect “everyman” in the universal pilgrimage of life.

The Canterbury Tales

The Travellers to Canterbury

Working Class

Plowman Reeve HostCook Miller

Haberdasher Dyer Carpenter Weaver Carpetmaker

The Travellers to Canterbury

Professional Class

Military Religious Secular

Knight, Squire, Yeoman

Nun, 3 Priests, Friar, Parson,

Pardoner, SummonerCleric, Serjeant at Law, Merchant,

Skipper, Doctor

The Travellers to Canterbury

Upper Class

Wife of Bath Franklin

Chaucer’s Snapshot of the Middle Ages Population

Thanks for sharingCarbone Paola

Celano Miriam

Colucci Maria Rita

De Luca Vittorio

De Mattia Michela

Dente Antonella

Fruncillo Gerardina

Giliberti Marta

Guerriero Adriana

Infante Mariana

Mamone Capria Stefano

Manzo Roberta

Palumbo Edoardo

Troisi Chiara

Tulino Rossella