{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"19877251","dateCreated":"1265582275","smartDate":"Feb 7, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"alfitzgerald","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/alfitzgerald","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1257388564\/alfitzgerald-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/epiphanybritlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/19877251"},"dateDigested":1532389445,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"The General Prologue","description":"After reading the descriptions of each pilgrim, taking into particular account their eccentricities and characteristics Chaucer highlights, now evaluate the culture and society of Medieval England. (NOW is when you can express your opinions and cast judgment.) What did they value? How did they feel about their leaders (including those in the church)? Which pilgrims seem very traditional and which ones seem "ahead of their times?"
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\nRemember: these are only guiding questions; you shouldn't feel the need to address each one in brief. Any answer you post, though, should be thoroughly explained using concrete examples from the text. (I will be grading all responses to this post on Wednesday morning before class.)","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"20002837","body":"The character that acts way far of her time period is the Woman from Bath. At this time in history the church created most of the rules. Men were the controlling gender. These ideals were given staples to life in the Medieval Times. The character of the woman from bath goes against these two values. The church said at that time to not marry more than once. The woman from bath said, "praise be to God that I have wedded five!" One can also tell that the woman from bath does not believe that men should be in control of everything in life. This is proven by when she says, "You say that all we wives our vices hide.Till we are married, then we show them well." This woman clearly goes against these two principles that were part of the culture at that time and place. She is considered even farther out of culture to be even talking about such things. Women were kept quite by men about such things during this time period. That is how the woman from bath act as if she is from a different time period.","dateCreated":"1265772966","smartDate":"Feb 9, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"derekrichey","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/derekrichey","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251158057\/derekrichey-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"20003729","body":"The culture and society of Medieval England was its own, and it varied by who you talked to. For example- if you were talking to a woman, then you probably wouldn't hear much. Well, unless you were talking to the Wife from Bath. She was very very opinionated. The Wife from Bath, however, was an exception to the world where women were used to make food and babies. This world, Medieval England, was one where the social order was strict- you obeyed the church, looked up to the knights, and looked down on the peasants.
\nThe Wife from Bath is a character who seems "ahead of her time". She, unlike all the other women in her time, is very opinionated, among other things. She knows what she wants and she is not afraid to go after it. In a world where the women never said anything that went against what the men said, she was the one dictating her life. She demanded equality, which was very far ahead of her time.
\nA traditional pilgrim would be the knight. He tells a tale of chivalrous, brave men fighting to win the love of a foreign woman- it is a story that has been told for years, and will be told for years to come. He presents himself in a way traditional to that time- he is poised, well-spoken, and he commands respect,which was typical of a knight in Medieval England.","dateCreated":"1265774271","smartDate":"Feb 9, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"hannahradford","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/hannahradford","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251338589\/hannahradford-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"20004431","body":"The Character that seem to be very traditional is the knight. The narrator describes the night as "had followed chivalry, truth, honour, generousness and courtesy" these were the values that knights back in the day lived by. the knight also had an incredible military career. the knight was honoured by there christian leaders by his noble grace, so he had to of liked his leader in order to motivate him to fight. this is why the night is the pilgrim that seems very traditional.","dateCreated":"1265775694","smartDate":"Feb 9, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"jglennthomas","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jglennthomas","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"20004631","body":"the Wife From Bath would be the ahead of time character becouse back then she was a... well a whore i would guess. back in the day. everything was run by the church, so everyone tried there hardest not to sin. and the church permitted that you be married once. well she kinda had five."Bless be God I have wedded five". and back then society was run by mostly men. the Wife from bath would explain how she wanted to have control of her men and have them be her slave and wear the pants in the house."Who shall be my debtor and my slave". this is why the Wife from Bath is ahead of her time","dateCreated":"1265776211","smartDate":"Feb 9, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"jglennthomas","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jglennthomas","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"20006403","body":"The society of Medieval England was structured into rigid social classes, and the personalities of the characters in Canterbury Tales reflects this. The higher up on the social ladder the character is, the more traditional they appear to be. Consider the Knight, for example. He could be considered to be the highest ranking among the pilgrims. As a knight, he was within a social class below only royalty and nobility\/clergy (I am referring here to higher-ranking church authorities). The Knight was also one of the more traditional of the pilgrims, placing a great deal of importance in the code of chivalry. On the other end of the social spectrum you have the often spoken of Wife of Bath. She is close to the bottom of the social ladder, above only the beggar\/slum-dweller sub-class. Her position give her more freedom to be non-traditional, as it is not expected of her as it would be for others, especially females, of higher ranking.
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\nThroughout the Prologue, the nobility is mentioned only rarely. The other body of leadership, the Church, however, is mentioned quite often. It was not portrayed in a favorable light. Chaucer describes the characters related to the Church with an added 'bite,' giving them little characteristics that make them generally unpleasant or contrary to their positions as holy people. For example, you have the coy nun, and the lecherous parson (pardoner?). Chaucer's comments on the Church are barbed, to put it simply. While I am not sure if this was the opinion of the people of the Middle Ages, it was most certainly the feeling Chaucer chose to give the novel.","dateCreated":"1265782729","smartDate":"Feb 9, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"claudiaclippinger","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/claudiaclippinger","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251163274\/claudiaclippinger-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"20009907","body":"*Correction: The Summoner was the lecherous one. The Parson was just gender-confused.","dateCreated":"1265805945","smartDate":"Feb 10, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"claudiaclippinger","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/claudiaclippinger","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251163274\/claudiaclippinger-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"20011021","body":"The knight seemed like he was right in tune with the time he was in. The two guys fighting over the girl and dueling I out was what I think I of a traditional midevil charachter.
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\nThe woman from bath is way ahead of her time. She has no problem standing up for herself and remarrying. It is still hard fir some women to
\ndo today and the woman from bath was able to do
\nit hundreds of hers ago. I liked her for her courage.","dateCreated":"1265809466","smartDate":"Feb 10, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"macmcgath","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/macmcgath","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1254183368\/macmcgath-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"20011979","body":"The nun seems like she would fit into Medieval English because she seems like the she would be of that time. Even though there may be many nuns today, I believe that in Medieval English, there were more roaming around. Staying pure was more of a idea back in the days than today.
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\nThe woman from Bath seems ahead of her times because she seems to have the ideas of today's women. She believes that she should have some control in the relationship and not just the man. She is also much more open about her sex life than women were back in Medieval times, in my opinion.","dateCreated":"1265811251","smartDate":"Feb 10, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"ndalhouse","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ndalhouse","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251156790\/ndalhouse-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"20012023","body":"The knight was in sync with his time period. He followed the chivalry concept and wanted to make a point to fight over the women by the duling which was of that time period. They valued their role as a knight
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\nI would say that the women of bath is ahead of her time. She had witch-like characteristics and they werent a part of the medival time period. Also she seemed like sex was a major part of her life.","dateCreated":"1265811281","smartDate":"Feb 10, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"erinhannan","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/erinhannan","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1255388971\/erinhannan-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"20012073","body":"The knight seemed to be the most in sync with time. He acted with chivalry and courtesy which back then was well appreciated. I liked his courage and his bravery.
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\nThe woman from bath was ahead of her time. She stood up for what she believed in she was not looked down upon. Even though her opinion did not matter she still let everyone know how she felt. I liked that she was strong in her beliefs and she stood her ground no matter what!","dateCreated":"1265811366","smartDate":"Feb 10, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"elizabethholt","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/elizabethholt","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1264730795\/elizabethholt-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"19666299","dateCreated":"1265166227","smartDate":"Feb 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"alfitzgerald","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/alfitzgerald","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1257388564\/alfitzgerald-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/epiphanybritlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/19666299"},"dateDigested":1532389446,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Chaucer","description":"Some of you today were pondering what kind of man Chaucer was. I challenge you in this post to do some in-depth research into his life. Post all facts you find here, the mundane facts, the suprising facts, and the really weird facts, but don't repeat any; if someone has already posted a fact you have, find another one. Let's see how much we can learn about Chaucer from each other! (Please include your source information in your post; For an added challenge: Wikipedia is off limits!)","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"19666527","body":"Known as the "Father of English Literature"
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\nd. 1400
\nWas the son of a Vintner (a wine maker)
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\nSOURCE: http:\/\/www.middle-ages.org.uk\/geoffrey-chaucer.htm<\/a>","dateCreated":"1265166577","smartDate":"Feb 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"alfitzgerald","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/alfitzgerald","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1257388564\/alfitzgerald-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"19694063","body":"Chaucer was referred to as "dilectus vallectus noster" -our beloved yeoman.
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\nSOURCE: http:\/\/www.luminarium.org\/medlit\/chaucerbio.htm<\/a>","dateCreated":"1265221600","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"ndalhouse","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ndalhouse","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251156790\/ndalhouse-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"19694379","body":""Cantebury Tales" was left unfinished when Chaucer died. He did not begin writing this book until he was about 40 years old. He was buried at Westminster Abbey in London, in the Poet's Corner of his church.
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\nSOURCE:http:\/\/www.online-literature.com\/chaucer\/<\/a>","dateCreated":"1265221816","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"ndalhouse","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ndalhouse","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251156790\/ndalhouse-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"19726763","body":""Geoffrey Chaucer led a busy official life, as an esquire of the royal court, as the comptroller of the customs for the port of London, as a participant in important diplomatic missions, and in a variety of other official duties."
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\nhttp:\/\/courses.fas.harvard.edu\/~chaucer\/special\/varia\/life_of_Ch\/ch-life.html\/<\/a>","dateCreated":"1265254498","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"derekrichey","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/derekrichey","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251158057\/derekrichey-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"19779509","body":"http:\/\/www.enotes.com\/authors\/geoffrey-chaucer<\/a>
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\n5.His death sparked a tradition: Chaucer was the first poet to be buried in Poet\u2019s Corner, Westminster Abbey (not even Shakespeare could claim that\u2014he has a monument there but was buried elsewhere).","dateCreated":"1265333753","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"erinhannan","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/erinhannan","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1255388971\/erinhannan-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"19780075","body":"http:\/\/www.middle-ages.org.uk\/geoffrey-chaucer.htm<\/a>
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\nGeoffrey Chaucer also wrote 'The Book of the Duchess' which was an elegy for Blanche of Lancaster who was the first wife of John of Gaunt.","dateCreated":"1265334232","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"erinhannan","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/erinhannan","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1255388971\/erinhannan-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"19780329","body":"http:\/\/www.medieval-life-and-times.info\/famous-medieval-people\/chaucer.htm<\/a>
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\nGeoffrey Chaucer was inclined to corpulence, "no poppet to embrace," of fair complexion with "a beard the colour of ripe wheat," an "elvish" expression, and an eye downcast and meditative
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\nChaucer was an author, poet, philosopher, courtier, and diplomat","dateCreated":"1265334461","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"erinhannan","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/erinhannan","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1255388971\/erinhannan-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"20002267","body":"Chaucer\u2019s career in the royal service began in 1357, when he was appointed to the household of Elizabeth, Countess of Ulster, and her husband Prince Lionel.
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\nhttp:\/\/www.kirjasto.sci.fi\/chaucer.htm<\/a>","dateCreated":"1265772156","smartDate":"Feb 9, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"hannahradford","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/hannahradford","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1251338589\/hannahradford-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}