The Feudal Society

Social Hierachy

Nobles Clergy Peasants

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffry Chaucer• London,1343

• excellent education

• John of gaunt

• 1400, london

Plot• 30 people join in a pilgrimage• Canterbury• Two stories for each person

The Pilgrims• Three orders• The tale-telling competition• The wife of bath

The language and religious• English• The value of religion• The nun