PPT-The Summoner The Canterbury Tales

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Definition Summoner someone who calls a group of people together The summoner character analysis To bring accused people of violating church laws to be tried He

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Definition Summoner someone who calls a group of people together The summoner character analysis To bring accused people of violating church laws to be tried He gets drunk often knows a few words of Latin that he says to sound more intelligent and doesnt care about other peoples feelings . The Summoner and. The Canterbury Tales. Early Life. Born 1340 – . Middle Ages. .. Son of a prosperous wine merchant – lived among . wealthy society. .. In his mid-teens, he was placed in the service of the . Countess of Ulster . The Clerks Tale . British literature. Mrs.Alfred. c ncvchx. A clerk is a person who records all church business like marriages,births,and deaths the reason the were the only ones who did this were because they could read and write. Now a day’s isa call dependes your job description. Examples: legal banking, sales, or file.. Prologue Notes. Geoffrey Chaucer. Considered the “father of English literature.”. Wrote in the vernacular, middle English.. Was a public servant/diplomat and a writer.. Famous for writing . Troilus and Criseyde . b. y Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales is about a group of 30 pilgrims travelling to visit the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury. Each member of the group tells impressive stories, and the winner, chosen by the narrator, will receive a free meal on the way back.. The Prologue. Review background info, social context, literary terms (frame tale, characterization, social commentary, allusion). Key Literary Devices. Frame Story. : . Narrative technique in which a main story is written to organize a set of shorter stories, each of which is a story within a story.. Canterbury Tales HELPR System Canterbury Tales. Geoffrey Chaucer. c. 1343-1400. Considered the father of English poetry. Wrote in the vernacular – common language of the people (English). Served as a soldier, government servant, and member of Parliament. The Middle Ages. Language. French did not become either the official or unofficial language of England. . William was not combining the lands of Normandy and England, and had no wish to replace language or culture.. A look to the history behind the literature. William the Bastard becomes William the Conqueror…. In 1066, William the Bastard of Normandy along with his troops conquer Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings.. 1600–1800. David Shaw. http://docs.djshaw.co.uk/CCL/CCL_DJS_2017-06-06.pptx. Publications. Also . https://blogdjshaw.wordpress.com/. Medieval libraries. Almost no ‘private’ libraries. Some royal collectors. "If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future." ~Danielle Steel~. "If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." ~Albert Einstein~. 1340?--1400. A Few Significant Facts!. Completed during the third, mature phase of Chaucer’s writing career, the end of 1300s.. Written in English (Middle English) . while French . remained the language of England’s royal court and members of the English upper-class.. Written by Geoffrey Chaucer, who served in various court positions throughout his life. Follows the format of . The . Decameron. by . Boccacio. Incorporates characters from most social classes, mixing together .

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