Curated OER
A Changing Society
Seventh graders examine Chaucer's work about the medieval times. In groups, 7th graders imagine what modern activities could replace some tasks used in medieval times.
Harvard University
The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: Francis Petrarch
This page from The Geoffrey Chaucer Page of Harvard University provides great information on Petrarch. Read about his life, his influence on literature, and view texts of his works.
Towson University
Towson University: Electronic Edition of the General Prologue: Canterbury Tales
This multimedia site is full of useful features, from a video introduction to the purpose of the site, to notes on the text and a reading in Middle English. Information about the background, language and other details are also included.
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McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literary Library: "Canterbury Tales" Study Guide [Pdf]
An extensive, printable study guide for Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" from the Glencoe Literary Library. Includes biography, background information, and Before, During, and After Reading Activities using graphic organizers, literature...
Luminarium
Luminarium: Geoffrey Chaucer
Luminarium offers Chaucer quotes, a biography, a collection of Chaucer's works, both in Middle and Modern English, a selection of essays about his times and his works and links to much of the other scholarly information about Chaucer on...
Luminarium
Luminarium: Sources of Additional Information on Chaucer
Links to resources devoted to Chaucer: biographies, bibliographies, discussion groups, images, works, and the like.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature: Geoffrey Chaucer
This is a biography of Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), author of The Canterbury Tales. The biography provides interactive highlighted words for more information on that topic.
University of Michigan
Corpus of M. E. Prose and Verse: Troilus and Criseyde
The full Middle English text of Geoffrey Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde" from Troilus & Criseyde: A new edition of "The book of Troilus" (London: Longman, 1984).
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer
Click on numbers 1-10 for Middle English versions of the most famous of Geoffrey Chaucer's prologues and tales from "The Canterbury Tales." Other links will take you to more of Chaucer's works.
Universal Teacher
Moore's Teacher Resources: The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale
An excellent site from the UK. Includes biographical information on Chaucer, historical context, and in-depth information on the Wife of Bath, complete with the relationship between the prologue and tale, character analysis, and essay...
University of Michigan
Middle English Compendium: The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer
Read and search Chaucer's famous work, "The Canterbury Tales." Text is provided in untranslated Middle English.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Chaucer: Introduction
This is an introduction to Geoffrey Chaucer and his major contribution to Middle English literature in The Canterbury Tales. He is known as ""The Father of English Poetry." The essential questions for the unit focuse on his skill with...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Chaucer: Background: Geoffrey Chaucer
This page provides background on Geoffrey Chaucer including his connections to royal society, his life, and his works. It provides links to his biography, Caxton's Chaucer, the One Hundred Years War (which Chaucer fought in), King Edward...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Chaucer: Introduction: Wife of Bath
This lesson introduces the Wife of Bath from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. It provides information about and links to the "Prologue to the Wife of Bath's Tale," "The Wife of Bath's Tale," and the commentary "The Wife of Bath and the...
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Geoffrey Chaucer
Quotations and a bibliography accompany this biography of Geoffrey Chaucer from The Catholic Encyclopedia.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Geoffrey Chaucer
This is a biographical tutorial of Geoffrey Chaucer and his most famous work, "The Canterbury Tales." It starts with a slide show of the life of Chaucer and key information about "The Canterbury Tales." It offers an article by Jonathan...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: A Changing Society: Chaucer and the Medieval World
In this lesson, Students read excerpts from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales as well as other medieval texts to learn about Medieval English society.
Other
Online Companion to Middle English Literature: Geoffrey Chaucer
A resource from Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf. Provides a short biography of Geoffrey Chaucer and links to pages describing some of his best-known writings.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Chaucer Glossary [Doc]
A glossary of Middle English.
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.
Harvard University
The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: Other Authors
This site from The Geoffrey Chaucer Page contains links to many other authors whose work was related to or influenced Chaucer's. Includes links to Petrarch, Dante, Boccaccio, Boethius and more. A great site to check out on the subject.
Harvard University
The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: Main Page
This site from The Geoffrey Chaucer Page provides materials for Harvard's Chaucer classes. It provides a wide range of texts and translations of Chaucer's works along with critical articles from various perspectives and general...
Harvard University
The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: A Brief Chronology
This timeline of Geoffrey Chaucer's life and times from 1300 to 1400 provides a historical and social context for The Canterbury Tales. Features links to related topics.
Harvard University
The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: Deposition of Chaucer
Deposition from the Scrope-Grosvenor Trial, one of two "autobiographical statements" attributed to Chaucer. Includes a description of Chaucer's coat-of-arms.