Articles for tag: Canterbury, Canterbury Tales, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales

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The Prioress of ‘The Canterbury Tales’

In “The Canterbury Tales,” Beauty and looks define some of the characters in the general prologue. The Prioress is classified as attractive by medieval standards. This character is attractive for certain reasons. Some of these attributes would be attractive in modern society and some have fallen by the wayside as the definition of beauty has ...

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Best Trout Fishing Streams in Northeast Connecticut

April 19th marks the opening day of fishing season for all Connecticut rivers and streams, with trout the primary objective of most anglers at that time of the year. In northeastern Connecticut there are many options available for those in pursuit of trout, as there are several rivers, brooks and streams that provide trout action. ...

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Canterbury Bell Plant

Angelo Bellacasa, grows the lovely blue, bell-like flowers Campanula medium. This campanula isa biennial from Southern Europe. It is planted each year in the same way as a hardy annual. Seeds must be sown each summer to provide blooms every season. Angelo Dellacasa started his seed in April, 2008 and set the plants out in ...

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Chaucer’s Criticism of the Catholic Church in The Canterbury Tales

When Geoffrey Chaucer sat down to begin writing his famous and widely revered work, The Canterbury Tales, it is unlikely that he was merely trying to write a novel set of short stories to entertain those educated enough to read them. With the vast number of scholars who currently spend their lives studying the unfinished ...