They are going to see the tomb of Saint Thomas Becket.
The pilgrims in "The Canterbury Tales" started their journey in the Tabard Inn in Southwark, London. They were traveling to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.
The pilgrims in "The Canterbury Tales" were traveling to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral as a form of religious pilgrimage. They were seeking spiritual renewal and seeking forgiveness for their sins.
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 Canterbury Pilgrims was created in 1917.
The pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales were from various regions in England, including London, Bath, Oxford, and Kent. Each pilgrim hailed from a different city or town, representing a cross-section of English society in the 14th century.
In "The Canterbury Tales," the pilgrims are traveling from London to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. They embark on this journey in the hopes of seeking spiritual guidance, as well as engaging in storytelling to pass the time and entertain each other along the way.
The Canterbury Tales is neither a short story nor a novel nor a stage play. It is a collection of stories told by various pilgrims traveling to Canterbury.
A band of travelers sharing stories to entertain one another along the trip Traveling pilgrims making the journey to Canterbury telling stories to one another
Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in 1387. It is a collection of stories set within a framing story of a group of pilgrims traveling to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury.
The premise of The Canterbury Tales is a group of pilgrims traveling to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury, England. To pass the time, each pilgrim tells a tale, resulting in a collection of stories that range from comedic to moralistic, providing insight into medieval society.
True. "The Canterbury Tales" is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the late 14th century. The tales are told by a group of pilgrims traveling to Canterbury Cathedral to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket.
In Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales," the pilgrims are traveling to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury, England. They each tell stories along the way to pass the time and entertain each other.