Nottingham University in England has ignited a debate after issuing a trigger warning on Geoffrey Chaucer’s renowned work, “The Canterbury Tales.” The warning informs students of the religious content ...

The Canterbury Tales, written between 1387 and 1400, is a collection of stories about characters on a pilgrimage from London to the tomb of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.

The Canterbury Tales, written between 1387 and 1400, is a collection of stories about characters on a pilgrimage from London to the tomb of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.

Today, Canterbury Cathedral draws 1 million visitors a year. Chaucer’s pilgrims made the journey on horseback; today’s visitors are more likely to arrive by plane and car, train or bus from ...

Joan Acocella writes on Marion Turner’s “The Wife of Bath: A Biography,” which surveys the “Canterbury Tales” character’s literary influence and the lives of women in Chaucer’s time.

Students studying a module on Geoffrey Chaucer at the University of Nottingham have been issued a trigger warning for ‘expressions of Christian faith’ in his famous Canterbury Tales.

Dreamed up by Geoffrey Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales more than 600 years ago, the Wife of Bath was known for her lusty appetites, gossipy asides and fondness for wine.

Nottingham University issues trigger warning for 'Christian expression' in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - The warning is provided to students studying the Chaucer and His Contemporaries module ...

The next production in Cowes Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society’s 127 year history is at Trinity Theatre, Cowes, Isle of Wight and features characters from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.

Chaucer’s Wife of Bath is one of the most famous characters in English literature. Since appearing in the Canterbury tales in 1387, her tale has been rewritten and adapted by authors from the ...

Chaucer's Miller, from 'The Canterbury Tales,' whose story was dirty enough to be censored from high school English class in the '80s. A woodcut from Richard Pynson's 1492 edition.