Cambridge School Chaucer is a series exploring The Canterbury Tales and Chaucer's world through activities which challenge and inspire students. The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales has been carefully annotated to enable modern readers to understand the Middle English text which is placed in its fourteenth-century context. Illustrations and a map of the Canterbury pilgrimage help bring the text to life. There is also a running synopsis of the story, an explanation of unfamiliar words and a wide range of classroom-tested activities and suggestions for study.

Table of Contents

Introduction; What are The Canterbury Tales?; Chaucer's language; Introduction to The General Prologue; Text and notes; The General Prologue; Chaucer's pilgrims; Prigrims and pilgrimages; Geoffrey Chaucer; The social structure and Chaucer's satire; Discussion questions; Glossary of frequently used words.