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Who Were The Two Pilgrims That Chaucer Named And What Were Their Names?

The Prioress, Madame Eglantine, and the Friar, Hubert, are the two pilgrims named in the Prologue. At the beginning of his de- scription of the Prioress, Chaucer says, “And she was cleped madame Eglentyne” (I, 121), thereby giving us her name. Who were Chaucer’s pilgrims? The use of a pilgrimage as the framing device enabled …

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