Harvard University
The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: Chaucer's Ransom
List of "Contributions for Ransoms Made by the King," which includes Chaucer's name and price (following his capture in France).
Other
Goucher College: "Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale"
The following from the Goucher College are examined in regard to Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale" from "The Canterbury Tales": Genre, Characters, Summary, and Issues and General Research Sources. Some thought-provoking...
Virginia Tech
The Canterbury Tales: Prologue to Pardoner's Tale
This is the text to the Prologue to the "Pardoner's Tale" from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: Geoffrey Chaucer
History of the famous 14th Century English poet and bureucrat, Geoffrey Chaucer, who wrote the well known, Canterbury Tales. Includes teacher resources.
Harvard University
The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: Dante Alighieri Sketch
From Harvard's Chaucer Page, it focuses mainly upon how Alighieri influenced Chaucer, but you can view some texts of his here. This is a great site to check out on the subject.
Virginia Tech
Canterbury Tales: Prologue to the Nun's Priest Tale
This is the text to the "Prologue to The Nun's Priest Tale" from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
Harvard University
Harvard: The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: John Lydgate
Resource provides a brief biography and general critique of his "high style" English lyric poetry, with links to several of his works, some annotated. Beautiful color picture from "Sege of Thebes."
Luminarium
Luminarium: Middle English Literature (1350 1485)
Listed as Medieval literature, you can find authors from the 14th and 15th centuries here, as some are considered Renaissance writers. Excellent resource with links to extensive info on the writers including Chaucer, Langland, and Gawain.
Harvard University
Harvard's Chaucer Page: Compare Chaucer & Petrarch
Chaucer, in his "Canticus Troili" from Book One of "Troilus and Criseyda," draws from Petrarch's "If Love Does Not Exist." The former is written in Middle English, the latter in Italian, both without glossaries or further translation, so...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Chaucer on Horseback
Drawing of Chaucer on horseback.
Other
Sogang University: The General Prologue: The Canterbury Tales
This is the complete text of "The General Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It begins with an introduction, followed by lively character portraits, and concludes with the Host suggesting a tale-telling contest.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Introduction to Practical Criticism
An in-depth learning module in literary criticism. Students read and listen to a poem by Sir Thomas Wyatt and an excerpt from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and analyze their structure and meaning. Includes multiple-choice quizzes.
Other
Berkeley Digital Library: Troilus & Criseyde
This site gives the middle English text of Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde." No notes or glossing.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Geoffrey Chaucer
The writings of Geoffrey Chaucer, who was a contemporary of Wycliffe, show us the character of the English tongue at that time. His Canterbury Tales, and the phraseology of Wycliffe's Bible, remind us of the dialects used by many of the...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Everything You Need to Know to Read the Canterbury Tales
Iseult Gillespie shares everything you need to know to read Geoffrey Chaucer's classic collection.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: The Canterbury Tales
Read an overview of "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: The Canterbury Tales
This ebook version of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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University of Virginia Library
Prism: "The Wife of Bath's Prologue [Excerpt]" Visualization
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted an excerpt of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Prologue." Diction is blue while tone is red and imagery is green. Click on any word to see the...
Harvard University
Harvard University: Geoffrey Chaucer Page: William Langland "Piers Plowman"
Provides the text to William Langland's "Piers Plowman".
Other
Univ. Of Wisconsin: Rare Editions of "Canterbury Tales"
The libraries of the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, have published reproductions of a variety of early printings of "The Canterbury Tales." See selected pages from an early fifteenth-century illustrated edition, from a rare...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Geoffrey Chaucer
(c. 1343-1400) English poet
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Geoffrey Chaucer
(c. 1343-1400) English poet
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Geoffrey Chaucer
English writer/poet, most famous for his "Cantebury Tales"