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The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection

A collection of antique illustrations from Chaucer's long poem which follows the journey of a group of pilgrims from the Tabard Inn in Southwark to St Thomas a Becket's shrine at Canterbury Cathedral

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Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer as a pilgrim on horseback

Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer as a pilgrim on horseback
Geoffrey Chaucer depicted as a pilgrim on horseback. He was the writer of " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Penance of King Henry II

Penance of King Henry II
Vintage engraving of the Penance of King Henry II before the shrine of Thomas a Becket

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Geoffrey Chaucer And Pilgrims From The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer And Pilgrims From The Canterbury Tales
Engraving from 1894 showing the pilgrims and Chaucer from the Canterbury Tales

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: The Plowmans Tale

The Plowmans Tale
The Plowman in a scene from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. A woodcut from Richard Pynsons 1492 edition. This tale was added later, by a different author

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Prioress

Canterbury Tales - The Prioress
The Prioress, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Summoner

Canterbury Tales - The Summoner
The Summoner - who appears to be delivering a summons from an ecclesiastical court - a character in " The Canterbury Tales"

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Friar

Canterbury Tales - The Friar
The Friar, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Sergeant-at-Law

Canterbury Tales - The Sergeant-at-Law
The Sergeant-at-Law, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Shipman

Canterbury Tales - The Shipman
The Shipman, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Merchant

Canterbury Tales - The Merchant
The Merchant, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Manciple

Canterbury Tales - The Manciple
The Manciple, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Reeve

Canterbury Tales - The Reeve
The Reeve, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Miller

Canterbury Tales - The Miller
The Miller, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Parson

Canterbury Tales - The Parson
The Parson, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Monk and his Greyhounds

Canterbury Tales - The Monk and his Greyhounds
The Monk (with his greyhounds), a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Canons Yeoman

Canterbury Tales - The Canons Yeoman
The Canons Yeoman, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Second Nun

Canterbury Tales - The Second Nun
The Second Nun, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Knight

Canterbury Tales - The Knight
The Knight, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Franklin

Canterbury Tales - The Franklin
The Franklin, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Pardoner

Canterbury Tales - The Pardoner
The Pardoner, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: View of Canterbury Cathedral (engraved Victorian illustration)

View of Canterbury Cathedral (engraved Victorian illustration)
" Scanned from Old England by Charles Knight, published in 1845.Canterbury Cathedral, Mother Church of the Anglican Communion and seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer

Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer, writer of " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Nuns Priest

Canterbury Tales - The Nuns Priest
The Nuns Priest, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Cook

Canterbury Tales - The Cook
The Cook, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer
Engraving from 1894 showing the author Geoffrey Chaucer

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Squire

Canterbury Tales - The Squire
The Squire, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Clerk

Canterbury Tales - The Clerk
The Clerk, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Wife of Bath

Canterbury Tales - The Wife of Bath
The Wife of Bath, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales
Vintage engraving of an Illustration and passage from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: The Tabard Inn

The Tabard Inn
Engraving depicting The Tabard Inn, Southwark, with a sign that reads Talbot Inn. The Tabard is famous as the place owned by Harry Bailey, the host in The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: The Tabard Inn

The Tabard Inn on Borough High Street in Southwark, south London, circa 1850. The inn, which was demolished in 1873, was mentioned at the beginning of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Canterbury Prologue

Canterbury Prologue
The pilgrims assemble at the Tabard Inn in Southwark in a scene from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. A woodcut from Richard Pynsons 1492 edition. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: The Millers Tale

The Millers Tale
The miller plays his pipe in a scene from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. A woodcut from Richard Pynsons 1492 edition. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: The Shipmans Tale

The Shipmans Tale
The Shipman in a scene from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. A woodcut from Richard Pynsons 1492 edition. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Chaucerian Figures

Chaucerian Figures
The second nun, nuns priest, manciple and reeve from the Ellesmere manuscript, an early 15th century manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Chaucers Shipman

Chaucers Shipman
The shipman from the Ellesmere manuscript, an early 15th century manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Wife Of Bath

Wife Of Bath
Alisoun, the Wife of Bath, in a scene from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. A woodcut from Richard Pynsons 1492 edition. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Chaucers Physician

Chaucers Physician
The physician from the Ellesmere manuscript, an early 15th century manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Chaucers Cook

Chaucers Cook
The cook from the Ellesmere manuscript, an early 15th century manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales. He is holding a hat in one hand and a meathook in the other

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Chaucers Nun

Chaucers Nun
The second nun from the Ellesmere manuscript, an early 15th century manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345–1400) Collection: Chaucers Knight

Chaucers Knight
The knight and squire from the Ellesmere manuscript, an early 15th century manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)


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