ENGL 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Teseida, Geoffrey Chaucer, Nyishi (Tribe)
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The courts shifted to speaking english in the middle 14th century. The middle class weren"t peasants but weren"t of noble class. Father needed to be uent in writing and in french. Keep records of sales and get grapes from france. Went to italy and took a manuscript of boccaccio"s romance il teseida. He was a diplomat, page, a knight, controller of customs. We have 82 manuscripts of chaucer from the 15 century. General prologue to the close of the canterbury tales. Every shall tell 2 tales on the way to canterbury and 2 on the way back. Wanted to over do boccaccio but died before nishing. Chaucer had already decided the nis how the work before he died. The sunset at 29 degrees represents the 29 pilgrims. The goal of the pilgrim is no longer canterbury, but of heaven and salvation. English can get you to salvation, you don"t need latin.
