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When does the "Prologue" of The Canterbury Tales take place? Why is that important?
The Canterbury Tales is, as the title suggests, a series of tales about various aspects of mediæval life. However, for such a collection of tales to be integrated into a single narrative, some kind of frame story is needed – and this is what the "General Prologue" provides. In Chaucer’s time, this technique was almost entirely new, and it still feels quite novel in our own time.
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What would travel have been like for a person in the Middle Ages? In what ways does it differ from travel today?
In the present day, travel is quite easy – and very fast – from a technological...
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