Harry Bailey - the publican of the Tabard Inn at Southwark (where the story begins) offers to join the pilgrimage to Canterbury. On the way out, and then again on the way home, each pilgrim will tell two stories. The best storyteller will be rewarded with a free dinner. Harry Bailey will be the judge of the stories.
The pilgrims agree to set up the Host, Harry Bailey, as judge over themselves in the Prologue of "The Canterbury Tales." He proposes a storytelling competition to pass the time on their journey to Canterbury, with the best tale winning a free meal at the end of the trip.
The host in the Canterbury Tales proposes to entertain the pilgrims if they will follow his orders. The pilgrims are to vote on whether or not they will agree to the proposal.
the owner of the Inn they stopped at, who is known as the 'Host'
Chaucer makes fun of all the pilgrims in the Prologue (especially himself). Most people would agree that the only pilgrim presented sympathetically is the Parson (and perhaps the Ploughman). Some critics say the Knight is also presented sympathetically, but Terry Jones questioned this view with his book on the Knight, and most critics now agree with Jones' position.
The Mayflower Compact.
the Mayflower Compact
they would work for common good
mayflower compact
To plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia(:
To plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia(:
The signers all agreed to follow the same laws for an organized government. All men on the Mayflower, both pilgrims and non-pilgrims were expected to sign it.
The Mayflower Compact that the Pilgrims signed in 1620 is the first example of many colonial plans for self government. The Pilgrim leaders knew they needed rules to govern themselves if they were going to survive the new colony they were about to form. The Mayflower Compact was based on majority rule and the Pilgrims even allowed those who were not Pilgrims to take part in the process. They agreed to choose their leaders and make their own laws which they would agree to follow.