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.
On the pilgrimage to Canterbury, pilgrims would have had two choices. Either go by foot or horseback. They followed an unpaved path to the shrine of St. Thomas of Beckett. Due to the roughness of the environment and period of time these journeys were taken, other modes of transport were not available.
the Canterbury is a collection of short storys.
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.
In the Prologue of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales," the pilgrims are traveling to Canterbury. They are making this journey to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket, a martyr and the Archbishop of Canterbury, whose relics are believed to perform miracles. The pilgrimage is a spiritual journey, with each character hoping to seek blessings or fulfill a personal quest.
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.