Good Morrow Gentle Ladies and Sirs {English 12}

Geoffrey Chaucer,
Dreamy English Poet

As we put our college essays behind us {they are due tomorrow though} let us continue our voyage into the the past. Imagine traveling back into time- a time when hero's fought demons and their mothers---wait--- wait---we went to far that was Beowulf go forward a little go to the time of Geoffrey Chaucer (1345-1400) the late middle ages.

Pilgrims on their way to Canterbury

 It has been rumored that Chaucer is the father of English poetry. I say just a rumor since it is not laid out clearly with a marker at his house "Hey People, English Language Born Here!" we can gather by the way he wrote that he laid the foundation of what we know today as the English language. Pretty snazzy right? {That's right I said snazzy. I'm bringing it back people} In order to start off the fun of the middle ages let's do ancient medieval math... just jesting my friends we will really start off with an Internet medieval scavenger hunt. See, I'm combining your love of technology with literature, this way we're both winners.

As we continue our literary vacation through the middle ages we will take a deeper look into Chaucer's life {there's some pretty juicy gossip}, life in the middle ages and read a few excerpts from  The Canterbury Tales---they were a really raucous bunch just take a look at the picture to the right. Rowdy, bawdy middle agers.

Let the story telling begin!