Links for Chaucer and the pilgrims of the Canterbury Tale Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales Site http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Hall/1170/chaucerhtml/chaucer.html Features an introduction to the tales, a biography, and some critical essays. Chaucer’s pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales http://www.fellpony.f9.co.uk/fells/monks/chaucer.htm Features a historical view of the horses used by the pilgrims and how they would have been used in the time period. The Canterbury Tales http://www.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/chaucer/GP.html Examines many of the pilgrims in their historical contexts. Geoffrey Chaucer: The electronic Canterbury Tales http://afdtk.uaa.alaska.edu/ect_genprol.htm A HUGE site with full text and translations of the tales, critical essays, historical context, etc. Chaucer pages http://www.unc.edu/depts/chaucer/chpages.htm Provides annotated links to various sites with critical essays about Chaucer. About the Canterbury Tales http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/canterbury/about.html Features an overall summary as well as a summary and analysis of each of the major pilgrim tales.   Chaucer’s Prioress http://www.gloriana.nu/prioress.html Features an examination and exploration of the prioress.  Includes related links. Chaucer’s Miller and his tale http://www.gloriana.nu/miller.html Essays and articles on Chaucer http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/chaucessays.htm Features critical essays by experts and by STUDENTS on many of the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales. Geoffrey Chaucer   http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/ A collection of resources for Grade 12 students on  Chaucer and Medieval times.  Links to all the works of Chaucer, the life, manners and science of Medieval times, language and linguistics and related literary subjects. Links for a study of Chaucer in his historical context: Literary Periods - Medieval http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/periods/medieval.htm Annotated links to sites with information on medieval literature and medieval authors. Chaucer Pages http://www.unc.edu/depts/chaucer/chpages.htm Features annotated links to sites with information on Chaucer, including a biography and other medieval sites Labyrinth - Resources for Medieval studies http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/ Check under the special topics section for relevant historical materials on Chaucer. Geoffrey Chaucer Website http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/ Provides information about the life of Chaucer, a historical chronology, a discussion of Middle English, translations of his works, courtly love, life and manners in Medieval times, etc. To go back to McMath Library Homepage click here:         http://public.sd38.bc.ca/~mcmathlib This page is created and maintained by Ms. B. Knoepfel (Teacher-Librarian), McMath Secondary School. Updated February 2007.