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The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories, told by different pilgrims on their way to Thomas Becket’s tomb during the Middle Ages. The stories range from high style Romance pieces to crude, bawdy pieces intended to insult and entertain.

Chaucer's long poem follows the journey of a group of pilgrims, 31 including Chaucer himself, from the Tabard Inn in Southwark to St Thomas à Becket's shrine at Canterbury Cathedral. The host at the inn suggests each pilgrim tell two tales on the way out and two on the way home to help while away their time on the road. The best storyteller is to be rewarded with a free supper on their return.

This literary device gives Chaucer the opportunity to paint a series of vivid word portraits of a cross-section of his society, from a knight and prioress, to a carpenter and cook; a much-married wife of Bath, to a bawdy miller - an occupation regarded in Chaucer's day as shifty and dishonest.
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The Canterbury Tales has a variety of stories of the pilgrims  and a  variety of characters. Many of the stories narrated by the pilgrims seem to fit their individual characters and social standing, although some of the stories seem ill-fitting to their narrators, perhaps as a result of the incomplete state of the work.

There are two types of culture: tangible culture and intangible culture.Both of them are ilustrated in Romanian tradition by Mihail Sadoveanu, Marin Preda, Liviu Rebreanu.
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Ancuta’s Inn is a famous tourist inn located along one of the main European road that cross Romania (E85) at a distance of 27 kilometers from the Roman city, toward Suceava and 350 km from Bucharest. As a location,

Ancuta’s Inn became famous due to the book Ancutza's Inn by Mihail Sadoveanu. The book contains 9 stories, published in 1928. The book is made like a sequel of nine stories told by the nine travellers who met when staying over night at the inn.

This writing follows the pattern of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.

Contents of the book :

The Voivod's Mare
Haralamb
The Dragon
The Well Among the Poplars
The Other Ancuţa
The Justice of the Poor
Leipzig Wares
The Blind Beggar
The Tale of Zaharia, the Water Diviner
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Way back in time, in 1380, a union of three cities decided to attack and conquer the city of Crailsheim. After a three--month-siege the enemies wondered why the Crailsheimers had not surrendered. "They must have run out of food. How can they still survive?" Indeed, inside the city walls, the people were desperate. They knew they had to surrender soon. Then, they came up with an idea. They collected all the flour that was left and produced pasties. But they did not eat them, even if they were very hungry. They threw the croissants over the wall to the enemies in order to show them that there is still enough to eat. Moreover, the mayor's wife, who was a big woman, climbed up to the wall and showed her big, blank backside to the enemies. The soldiers understood: There is more than enough food inside the city walls, and the Crailsheimers will never surrender. They gave up and the siege came to an end.
Since then, the city of Crailsheim celebrates this day in March as a city holiday. Every kindergarten and school child is being given a "Horaff" (that's what the croissants are called) by the city council.
And the story shows us: Whenever you are in a desperate situation, try to find a creative solution.
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The Cathedral of Curtea de Argeș (early 16th century) is a Romanian Orthodox cathedral in Curtea de Argeș, Romania. It is located on the grounds of the Curtea de Argeș Monastery, and is dedicated to Saint Nicholas.
The cathedral is faced with pale grey limestone, which was easily chiselled then hardened on exposure. The interior is of brick, plastered and decorated with frescoes. Nearby on the grounds stands a large Moorish style royal palace
The building resembles a very large and elaborate mausoleum, and was built in the Byzantine style, with Moorish arabesques. The cathedral is upon a raised platform, 7 ft (2.1 m) above the surrounding grade, and encircled by a stone balustrade. In shape the structure is oblong, with a many-sided annex at the back. A dome rises in the center, fronted by two smaller twisting and leaning cupolas, while a secondary dome, broader and loftier than the central one, springs from the annex. Each summit is crowned by an inverted pear-shaped stone, bearing a triple cross, emblematic of the Trinity.

The windows are mere slits; those of the tambours (the cylinders on which the cupolas rest) are curved and slant at an angle of 70 degrees, as though the tambours were leaning to one side.
Facing the main entrance is a small open shrine, consisting of a cornice and dome upheld by four pillars.

Manole legend
A traditional  legend tells of Radu Negru employing a Meşterul Manole or Manoli as architect. With Manole being unable to finish the walls, the prince threatened him and his assistants with death. At last Manole suggested that they should follow the ancient custom of placing a living woman into the foundations; and that she who first appeared on the following morning should be the victim. The other masons warned their families, and Manole was forced to sacrifice his own wife. Thus the cathedral was built.
When Manole and his masons told the prince that they could always build an even greater building, Radu Negru had them stranded on the roof so that they could not build something to match it. They fashioned wooden wings and tried to fly off the roof, but, one by one, they all fell to the ground. A spring of clear water, named after Manole, is said to mark the spot where he fell.
So, there is a strong connection between the tangible culture, the monastery, and the intangible culture, the traditional legend.

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Try this:
1. Listen to the narrative without watching the video. What images do you see in your head? What feelings do they evoke? Try to remember these images.
2. Now watch the video. How the video images differ from your images? Do you still have the same feeling about the story? Why?
3. Here is the great article of the importance of storytelling: https://www.rcowen.com/PDFs/CTS%20Ch%201%20for%20website.pdf

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WIFE OF BATH (Canterbury Tales PT1)
A raucous and acerbic adaptation of one of Chaucers Canterbury Tales.

MAIN CREDITS
Direction/Animation: Joanna Quinn
Producer: Les Mills
Additional Animation: Kevin Richards, Simon Williams
Script Adaptation: Jonathan Myerson
Voices: Billie Whitelaw, Liz Smith & David Troughton 
Music: Ben Park
Date: 1998
Length: 5mins
A Beryl Productions International Ltd. Production for S4C/BBC & HBO
© Beryl Productions International Ltd

AWARDS
1999 Nomination for Academy Award USA 
1999 British BAFTA for Best Animated Film 
1999 Emmy, USA for Best Animation 
1999 Emmy, USA for Best Production Design 
1999 Emmy, USA for Best Colour Direction
2000 British Animation Award, UK for Best Craft 
2000	BAFTA Cymru, for Best Animation