Unit A2 1 - The Study of Poetry - 1300-1800 and Drama
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Summary The Wife of Bath Context (The Canterbury Tales)
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Unit A2 1 - The Study of Poetry - 1300-1800 and Drama
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A slideshow presentation on the context for “The Wife of Bath’s Tale and Prologue”, on the themes of gentility and female sovereignty. Suitable for the study of Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales”. Happy studying!
Unit A2 1 - The Study of Poetry - 1300-1800 and Drama
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Chaucer
Themes of Nobility
in The Wife of Bath
AND OTHER KEY
CONCEPTS
, Gentillesse
What is “Gentillesse”?
“Gentillesse” translates as
“kindness” or “favor” from the
French, and serves a similar
purpose as the English “gentility”
The term is almost synonymous
with “nobility”, but refers to an
idealised set of traits possessed by
the aristocracy, rather than nobility
achieved through chivalrous
actions.
The classical sense of “gentilesse”
as it existed in the Middle Ages was
a positive, elite trait passed alolng
noble bloodlines.
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