Chaucer

THE CANTERBURY TALES
Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet and author and he was considers one of the best during the Middle Ages. He wrote The Canterbury Tales, that is set in spring and tells the story of thirty people that are going on a pilgrimage. They are travelling to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Thomas Becket. Also, every pilgrim has to tell two stories while going to Canterbury and the best story will then receive a prize.

Thomas Becket was a saint that fought against his best friend called Henri II, the king of England and there he was killed.

Also, the pilgrimage was famous because it was the only way to travel for normal people but also to save their souls.

THE PRIORESS

The Prioress text is one of those descriptions, and it’s devoted to the character of a nun Prioress, that is, the abbess of a convent. It can be understood from the description that she was very rich and she really cared about her dogs by giving them food that even normal people can't afford so she was a really selfish person and this highlights the corruption of the Church during this period.

THE WIFE OF BATH

The Wife of Bath is a storyteller who recites her autobiography of her travelling around the world as a pilgrim. Furthermore, she confesses then that she got married five times and she had many lovers when she was young. She seems proud of it and she resembles the typical wicked woman of that period.