on this day in...
1387
'A party of 29 pilgrims assembles at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, preparing to travel to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury. After supper, the host proposes that they enliven their joumey by telling stories. The following morning the tellers of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales begin their journey'.
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Posted by Rachel on April 13, 2005 08:00 PM |
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