Additional Resources
Ecclesiastical World View
Middle English — London Dialect
Medieval Numerology
The Bible and Dreams
The Seven Deadly Sins
Andreas Capellanus’ “Rules of Love”
Reading Guide for “The Consolation of Philosophy”
Chaucer Links
Courtly Love
Medieval Monsters
Other Medieval Literature Links
Resources for The Book of the Duchess:
First page The Book of the Duchess
the “Rules” of love listed by Andreas Capellanus (Andrew the Chaplain) in the late 12th century. Use them to illuminate the statements and attitudes of both the Narrator and the Man in Black in The Book of the Duchess.
One of the clearest descriptions of a beautiful woman in the Middle Ages comes from Geoffrey Vinsauf’s Poetria Nova (c. 1210). Chaucer clearly knew this work. How well do the parallel passages in The Book of the Duchess compare? Read it here.
Here are two pages on Fortune including helpful pictures of her and her wheel. Note the humans rising and falling as she turns.
fortune (from http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/sechard/346fort.htm)
Fortune’s wheel (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna_(mythology))
Resources for “The Miller’s Tale”:
Librarius Site on The Miller’s Tale
Resources for “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”:
Debora Schwartz’s Study questions
Resources for “The Clerk’s Tale”:
Bonnie Wheeler’s Study Questions
Resources for “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale”:
Resources for T & C:
T&C at the Electronic Canterbury Tales
Chaucer and the Fictions of Gender
Additional Fun Resources: