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What pilgrim would you travel with in The Canterbury Tales?
It would depend on the specific pilgrim and the purpose of the journey. Each pilgrim in Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" has their own unique personality and quirks, so the best choice would be someone with whom you would enjoy engaging in conversation and sharing stories.
Which pilgrim did a brisk business in fake holy relics?
The Pardoner in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" is the pilgrim who did a brisk business in fake holy relics. He would sell fake relics to unsuspecting people, claiming they had miraculous powers.
Why did the pilgrims in Canterbury Tales gather?
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 biggest city in europe in the 17th century?
That would be London.
Where would beheading usually be held in the 16th century?
Tower of London
How many stories does each character tell in Canterbury tales?
The original plan was that each pilgrim would tell two stories on the way to Canterbury, then two more on the road home to London. But Chaucer never completed the work, and most of the Pilgrims get to tell only one story. (In the Canterbury Tales as we have it, the pilgrims never arrive in Canterbury, let alone begin the journey home).
Who was the 14th century chroneicler?
If you mean by "chronicler" a writer of history books on the subject it would probably be Barbara Tuchman, whose book "A distant mirror" focuses on this century and was a massive bestseller back in the eighties. If you mean a chronicler who lived in that century, Geoffrey Chaucer, writer of the Canterbury Tales, would be the one.
What is The Canterbury Tales?
The Canterbury Talesis about a group of pilgrims who venture onto Canterbury for a "pilgrimage"which most used for a break from their usual labors and happen to meet TheHost in the Tabbard Inn who proposes a challenge for the most entertaining& moral tale to be told in return for all the pilgrims to pay for the best mealfor the best tale. Each would tell two from and back Canterbury but mostwere never completed or are rumored.
What would a poor or in-service child in late 19th century London call his mother?
Madame
Where would a Sikh pilgrim go?
To worship a cow.
What did pilgrim women do for fun?
They would hang out at the Jamestown Mall, play tennis, watch soap operas and go to the Pilgrim Beauty shop once a week, go to the Pilgrim "Stop and Shop" for their groceries. Bowling at the "Pilgrim Bowlarama" and once in a while take in a movie at the "Pilgrim Muvico"[only one screen back then]
Where are the pilgrims traveling in Canterbury Tales about?
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.
