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If Beowulf is the literary
masterpiece from the Old
English Period, Chaucer’s
The Canterbury Tales is the
most famous work written in
Middle English.
Written between 1387 and
1400, it consists of 24 stories
about a group of pilgrims who
traveled to Canterbury to pay
homage to Saint Thomas Becket.
The Canterbury Tales reflects
the feudalism and social
convention under the Norman
rules.
Listen to an excerpt
From The Canterbury
Tales in Middle
English. Click here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXqiwRRJTxA