Summary of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer: overview, context, prologue | Narrator: Barbara Njau

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Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is a story about a group of 29 pilgrims who journey to Canterbury, Kent, to visit the shrine of St. Thomas Becket. Each pilgrim is assigned a story to tell, and the best storyteller (who gets a free meal at the tavern) is determined by the group. The video looks at the background and context of the story, focusing on the characters and their relationships to what was happening in medieval England.

• 00:00:00 In this video, we look at the background and context of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and how it is important to understand the characters and their relationships to what was happening in medieval England. We then cover the prologue and subsequent stories in detail, focusing on the narrator, Chaucer's views of the characters, and the importance of context in understanding the text.
• 00:05:00 The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is a story about a group of 29 pilgrims who journey to Canterbury, Kent, to visit the shrine of St. Thomas Becket. Each pilgrim is assigned a story to tell, and the best storyteller (who gets a free meal at the tavern) is determined by the group.