Excerpts from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

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History-Social Science
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Excerpts from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

These two excerpts from Geoffrey Chaucer'’s The Canterbury Tales shows different perspectives from fictional Medieval English pilgrims making their way to Canterbury. The first excerpt is from the story of the Ploughman. The second excerpt is from the story of the Merchant.
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PBS Learning Media

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