d. 1400

A collection of ten critical essays on the Prologue to Chaucer's well-known work, arranged in chronological order of their original publication.

Contains thirty-two entries, one for each of the pilgrims in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," that provide detailed historical descriptions of their occupations.

The author compares the Christian ethics and history of the "Canterbury Tales" against the beliefs and practices of Moslems, Jews, pagans, and the Tartars and shows that Chaucer wrote with the diverse philosophy, religion, and ethics that coexisted with Christian theology.

Three of the classic stories by Chaucer relating the tales of various pilgrims on their way to the shrine of St. Thomas at Canterbury.

A prose retelling of four tales from Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," in which travelers on a pilgrimage to Canterbury in the Middle Ages share their stories.

Fifteen-year-old Belle, burdened by the knowledge that her carelessness has crippled her father, joins a pilgrimage to Canterbury made famous by Chaucer and comes to love her fellow travelers, especially Luke and Walter, but faces a difficult decision when she learns the famous author is embroiled in dangerous politics.