TOLD by all levels of society – from a chivalrous knight to a bawdy much-married widow – Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales provide a snapshot of the medieval period. And on their Brighton Fringe ...

Two scholars have made new conclusions about a sermon from the late 12th century, which reframes some confusing references, made by the 14th century English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. And now for a tale ...

Six books are on the Professor Parsons’ Picks shelf in the silent auction area in the A.K. Smiley Public Library, 125 W. Vine St., Redlands. For those who want to read Chaucer but find the Middle ...

Medieval Institute Publications at Western Michigan University publishes the TEAMS Middle English Texts Series, which produces scholarly texts designed for research and classroom use. Its goal is to ...

The minister in “The Canterbury Tales” was diligent in teaching—and in following—Christ’s “lore” The picture of the Parson in the “Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales is remarkably candid. Chaucer ...

The English poet Geoffrey Chaucer was no stranger to crisis: he was born in the wake of the Black Death, the plague that killed about half of the population of Europe; and he lived through war with ...