ENGL 2100Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Black Death, Feudalism
23 Feb 2016
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Geoffrey chaucer general prologue to the canterbury tales. The black plague or the black death, mostly peasants died. Feudalism prominent at this time, a form of slavery. 100 years war, england owns half of france at the beginning. The rise of the middle class, got away from being a peasant, didn"t want anything to do with the church. Peasants revolt at the end of the 14th century. Fights in the 100 years war as a young man (teenager), he is critical of war and corruption, was a prison of war, Goes to italy and brings new ideas back to britain. Listening to chaucer"s own voice in the canterbury tales. Chaucer the pilgrim adding his own thoughts. Canterbury"s minister was murdered in his own church, made a shrine to him which attracted people. Canterbury was cheap, loud and scuzzy; travel there was long.
