Canterbury

Where Are The Pilgrims Going?

The ultimate pilgrimage destination was Jerusalem, but within England Canterbury was a popular destination. Pilgrims would journey to cathedrals that preserved relics of saints, believing that such relics held miraculous powers. Where are the Canterbury pilgrims going? Geoffey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, written between 1387 and 1400, is a long poem concerning a group of thirty …

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Why Might The Time Of Year That The Pilgrims Are Traveling?

Based on the text, why might the time of year that the pilgrims are traveling, as identified in the Prologue, be meaningful? Spring represents a time of renewal, and those traveling on a religious pilgrimage might be seeking physical or spiritual renewal. In what season are the pilgrims traveling? Chaucer introduces his pilgrimage by saying …

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