1. life
   1. London - 1340
   2. rich family
   3. fine education
   4. 1373 - to France and Italy
      1. Petrarca
      2. Dante
      3. Boccaccio
         1. Decameron
            1. Collection of stories
            2. in a narrative frame
   5. 1400
   6. Westminster Abbey
2. works
   1. The Canterbury Tales (1387 - 1400)
      1. what is it?
         1. collection of stories
      2. what language?
         1. for the first time in English language
            1. why?
            2. before
            3. a low class language
            4. now
            5. high literary contents
      3. how is it structured?
         1. narrative poem
            1. a poetry telling a story
         2. rhyming couplets of iambic pentameters
            1. verse of 10 syllabes
         3. narrative frame
      4. what is the plot?
         1. the story of 30 characters doing a pilgrimage to Canterbury
         2. 30 pilgrimages
            1. in a tavern in London
            2. Tabard Inn
            3. travel together
            4. two stories each on the way to Canterbury and two stories on their way back
      5. which elements?
         1. two medieval elements
            1. pilgrimage
            2. typical in medieval religious life
            3. a lot of people
            4. across Europe to visit shrine
            5. great impact on the developments of building and markets
            6. why?
            7. people needed churches, taverns and inns
            8. double meaning
            9. 1. spiritual experience for Christians
            10. 2. a social event
            11. why?
            12. people came in contact with other people
            13. medieval character
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