Geoffrey Chaucer by Martha Totaro https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5 en-us 2019-01-16 15:08:20 UTC 2025-11-09 12:30:32 UTC hello@padlet.com Geoffrey Chaucer totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321265879 2019-01-16 15:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321265879 totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321267589 2019-01-16 15:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321267589 EARLY LIFEW totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321268476 2019-01-16 15:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321268476 Born to a middle class family totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321268778 2019-01-16 15:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321268778 His father was a wine merchant who believed his child should have a formal education totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321269126 2019-01-16 15:24:13 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321269126 Travelled all over Europe totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321269419 2019-01-16 15:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321269419 LATER LIFE totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321270260 2019-01-16 15:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321270260 Fluent in English, Italian, Latin, and French totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321270788 2019-01-16 15:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321270788 Worked as a government official under three different kings = high social status totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321270933 2019-01-16 15:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321270933 Chaucer was one of the first writers to be buried in the Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey. totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321271237 2019-01-16 15:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321271237 Writing Styles totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321272276 2019-01-16 15:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321272276 totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321273043 2019-01-16 15:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321273043 Lack of alliteration totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321273986 2019-01-16 15:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321273986 Satire: a way of criticizing something such as a group of people or a system, in which the writer deliberately make them seem funny so that people will see their faults. totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321274240 2019-01-16 15:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321274240 Lack of alliteration totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321274519 2019-01-16 15:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321274519 Best known for writing The Canterbury Tales, but also produced several other works totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321274808 2019-01-16 15:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321274808 The Canterbury Tales totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321279196 2019-01-16 15:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321279196 Although the work was never completed, The Canterbury Tales is considered one of the greatest works in the English language totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321279887 2019-01-16 15:40:26 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321279887 The narrator meets 29 pilgrims at the Tabard Inn in London and travels with them to the shrine of St.Thomas Becket in Canterbury. The host of the inn suggests that each pilgrim should tell two stories while going to Canterbury and two on the way back: whoever can tell the best tale wins a dinner at the inn when they get back, courtesy of the other travelers. totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321280583 2019-01-16 15:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321280583 Feudal society was traditionally divided into three "estates" (roughly equivalent to social classes). totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321280960 2019-01-16 15:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321280960 The "First Estate" was the Church (clergy = those who prayed). totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321282833 2019-01-16 15:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321282833 The "Second Estate" was the Nobility (those who fought = knights). It was common for aristocrats to enter the Church and thus shift from the second to the first estate. totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321283068 2019-01-16 15:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321283068 The "Third Estate" was the Peasantry (everyone else, at least under feudalism: those who produced the food which supported those who prayed and those who fought, the members of the First and Second Estates).  totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321283273 2019-01-16 15:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321283273 totaromartha https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321284437 2019-01-16 15:47:10 UTC https://padlet.com/totaromartha/1idag5ti33m5/wish/321284437