Directions: Go to the Following Website and Explore It, Noting the Answers to the Questions

Chaucer background- internet search Name______

Directions: Go to the following website and explore it, noting the answers to the questions below. http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/

1. What was Chaucer’s occupation?

2. What is “courtly love”?

3. Describe a typical feast.

4. What were some of the menu items that might be included at the feast?

5. List two women writers of Chaucer’s day:

6. Describe the Grand Tournament in London, 1390.

7. What were some of the challenges involved in pilgrimages?

8. In sum, what were some of the provisions that William Wey had to get for his pilgrimage?

9. What were some of the literary subjects and genres of the day?

10. Explore the website more. List three new things (not already explored) that you learned about Chaucer or the time period.