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.

Middle Ages

The Middle Ages is the period that is situated between the fallen of the Roman empire and the beginning of the Renaissance. This, is divided in three parts: Early, High and Low Middle Age.

This is also known as the Dark Ages of humanity's history. The main thing during this period is the religion divided in two great religions: Christianity and Muslim. The Church was corrupted, but then later there will be the Reform. In addition to this, the Pope was being accused of nepotism and also they thought of translating the Bible in order to let other people being able to read it. So, because of the religion there was a sort of regression, people stopped studying Science and started to think that things such as earthquakes and other natural things were because of God's punishment.

Furthermore, the theater dies, and the coins disappeared making barter to be practicable again. The main building was the castle and it was made of deep ditches and thick walls. They started to live in this building because of the various invasions by other populations.

Feudal system

The feudal system was made up of lords who would reward their vassals with land in exchange of military service, also there were knights who fought for the king that developed a code of conduct knows as chivalry.

Beowulf

The old English epic poem Beowulf tells the story of a young Geatish warrior who comes to the aid of the King of the Danes, whose kingdom is terrorized by a monster named Grendel. Then with his bravery and his strength he manages to defeat the monster then after a long time slays his vengeful mother too. After this, he returns home to Geatland becoming a famous hero; later he becomes king and rules peacefully for fifty years. Suddenly a dragon appears, and succeeds in killing it but he dies in the process.

In this epic poem the character called Beowulf represents the braveness, the goodness and the salvation for the society. Instead, the Dragon represents the fear of the people during that time.

 CELTS                 
From around 750 BC to 43 AD,the Celts were the most powerful people in central and northern Europe. There were many tribes of Celts, speaking a common language. They were mainly farmers, also, a druid was a member of the high-ranking professional class in ancient Celtic cultures.

ROMANSIn 43 A.D. Emperor Claudius decided to invade Britain again. He sent 40,000 troops, who gradually conquered most of the country. The Romans built roads, forts, walls and bridges, which made it easier to travel around England. The remains of these can be seen in many places today.

ANGLO-SAXONSThe Angle, Saxon, and Jute are known as the Anglo-Saxons. The Angles and the Saxon tribes were the largest of the three attacking tribes, so that's why they're called as Anglo-Saxons. They shared the same language but were each ruled by different strong warriors.  The Anglo-Saxons left their homelands in northern Germany and rowed across the North sea to Britain.

VIKINGS
The Vikings lived over one thousand years ago and came from the three countries of Scandinavia: Denmark,Norway and Sweden. The Vikings first invaded Britain in AD 793 and last invaded in 1066.

NORMANS
The Normans were the next group of people to rule England after Anglo-Saxons. This, happened thanks to the Norman conquest in 1066 led by William the Conqueror in the battle of Hastings. Also, they brought with them the French language and culture.