The inn
The pilgrims gather at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, London, before embarking on their journey to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury.
Inn
Harry Bailey was the host of the Tabard Inn where the pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales gather before embarking on their journey to Canterbury.
The exposition of The Canterbury Tales occurs when a diverse group of pilgrims gather at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, England to embark on a journey to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury. The narrator describes each of the pilgrims in detail, setting the stage for the storytelling contest that will take place during their journey.
A band of traveling pilgrims entertain one another with stories as they camp along their journey.
All of the characters in the Canterbury Tales are pilgrims, and the main reason they are traveling is to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. To be more specific about individual motivations though, you would have to specify a character by more than "pilgrim."
The frame narrative of "The Canterbury Tales" is a pilgrimage to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury, England. A diverse group of pilgrims, including the narrator Chaucer himself, gather at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, and each agrees to tell two tales on the journeyβresulting in a collection of stories that showcase a wide range of social classes and themes.
In the Canterbury Tales, the characters gather at the Tabard Inn in Southwark before embarking on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury. They come together under the suggestion of the Host to take turns telling stories to pass the time during the journey.
Pilgrims liked to hunt, fish, quilt, socialize, attend church functions, and gather for meals.
The resolution in "The Canterbury Tales" is when the characters complete their pilgrimage to Canterbury and gather at the Tabard Inn for a final dinner. The Host proposes a storytelling competition to pass the time on the journey back to London, leading to a sense of camaraderie and unity among the characters.
They taught them how to fish hunt for wild animals gather plants, and plant and harvest crops and foods.
In large part; People who had reason to feel oppressed were the Pilgrims. Oppressed by the King/Queen, oppressed by the Church, oppressed by the Central Bank, oppressed by "Taxation without representation", oppressed by the Trade Laws. Others, would have been those who were looking for opportunities; like Business and Land Ownership, or the "The Next Best Thing" Free Spirit types.
Yes, America was more of a Christian country back then, so they prayed a lot.
The Canterbury Tales is a fictional account in a historical setting about pilgrims who tell stories on their way to a cathedral shrine. A tavern owner acts as their tour guide. The pilgrims' stories are in various genres, including chivalric romance, Arthurian romance, satire, beast fable, fabliau, and exemplum (an exhortation on morals and religion.) The Canterbury Tales opens with a general prologue introducing the storytellers after they gather at an inn. It continues the next morning. The pilgrims tell their tales to pass the time while journeying to Canterbury, about fifty-six miles southeast of London, to visit the shrine of Thomas à Becket, a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. In prologues between the tales, the travelers comment on a tale just completed or introduce a story about to be told. Sometimes they also make general observations.