Chaucer (ca. 1343-1400) and the medieval narrative poem by Giuliana Galbiati https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3 en-us 2021-11-15 16:46:24 UTC 2024-01-14 16:53:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/2611.png Everything you need to know to read “The Canterbury Tales giuliana_galbiati_posta https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1891817831 2021-11-15 16:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1891817831 The original Canterbury Tales (ca 1387-1400) Prologue... in Middle English. We need a translation! giuliana_galbiati_posta https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1891825416 2021-11-15 16:53:23 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1891825416 A narrative poem tells a story in verse; there is a setting (time and place), there are characters, there is a narrator giuliana_galbiati_posta https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1891842230 2021-11-15 16:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1891842230 Collections of stories (tales) were popular in the Middle Ages. Decameron (1349-1351). Their aim was to entertain and instruct (provide moral teachings). These collections provide a powerful insight into the society of the time, into individual characters, moral values... giuliana_galbiati_posta https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1891848357   ]]> 2021-11-15 17:01:47 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1891848357 1348 The Black Death giuliana_galbiati_posta https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1891849955 2021-11-15 17:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1891849955 There is a Prologue, which provides a frame for the tales. giuliana_galbiati_posta https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1891862723 2021-11-15 17:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1891862723 Under the reign of Henry II Plantagenet (1154-1189) Thomas Becket was made Archbishop of Canterbury. He tried to assert the independence of the Church from the State. He was murdered in 1170, allegedly by men sent by the king. Europe was shocked by the murder and Becket was made a saint, and Canterbury Cathedral became a shrine for pilgrims giuliana_galbiati_posta https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1891931761 2021-11-15 17:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1891931761 Pilgrimages can be considered the first forms of tourism: on foot or on horseback, pilgrims travelled in groups staying in the equivalent of hotels or hostels and sharing meals and company giuliana_galbiati_posta https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1904426820 2021-11-21 13:54:21 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1904426820 The pilgrimage on Google Maps giuliana_galbiati_posta https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1906726345 2021-11-22 18:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1906726345 Presentation on Chaucer giuliana_galbiati_posta https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1906883363 2021-11-22 19:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1906883363 Geoffrey Chaucer's tomb: take a virtual tour inside Westminster Abbey giuliana_galbiati_posta https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1918873037 Of old the bard who struck the noblest strains Great Geoffrey Chaucer, now this tomb retains. If for the period of his life you call, the signs are under that will note you all. In the year of our Lord 1400, on the 25th day of October.

]]> 2021-11-29 20:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1918873037 The Wife of Bath (played by Laura Betti) as seen by Pier Paolo Pasolini giuliana_galbiati_posta https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1988692729 2022-01-12 16:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/1988692729 1170 Murder of Thomas Becket giuliana_galbiati_posta https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/2840635626 2024-01-07 17:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/2840635626 1349-51 Boccaccio, Decameron giuliana_galbiati_posta https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/2840636273 2024-01-07 17:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/giuliana_galbiati_posta/58v3rlexw0cjx1s3/wish/2840636273