Women in Chaucer

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  1. Download and print or save the handout: Women in Medieval Culture.
  2. Follow the steps as directed on the activity--with the exception of writing a dialogue.
  3. Instead of the dialogue, develop a short (3 page) essay based on research topic #3: When you complete your research, summarize the information you collected. The summary should include:
    The nature of life for a woman in the Middle Ages
    The values, interests, and character of the woman
    Similarities and differences in the life of your historical figure and the fictional women in The Canterbury Tales.

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12/13/2017 Portraits of Medieval Women | QL #559 Portrait of Medieval Women How do Chaucer’ female character in The Canter ur Tale compare with real medieval women? Chaucer' ctional women A Canter ur pilgrimage Written ngli h poet Geo re Chaucer 1387 and 1400, The Canter ur Tale depict a pring pilgrimage ome 30 people from London to the tom of the mart r Thoma à ecket in Canter ur . Along the wa , the entertain them elve telling torie . In hi “General Prologue,” Chaucer de cri e the pilgrim , who include a knight, a law er, a monk, a plowman, a miller, a cook, a reeve, a merchant, a tudent, and two women— a priore and a wife from the town of ath. Chaucer' geniu wa to introduce a narrator thi cro - ection of medieval ociet . Their torie are linked interlude in which the character conver e, revealing much a out them elve and late medieval ngli h ociet . In thi le on, ou will Get to know the two major women in The Canter ur Tale Re earch the life of everal real women from the Middle Age Compare the value and life experience of Chaucer’ tho e of the hi torical women Getting to know Chaucer' ctional women with ctional women Follow the e tep to learn a out the two character . 1. From The Canter ur Tale , read the "General Prologue" de cription of the Wife of ath and the Priore . In the pace elow, li t qualitie and value of the Wife of ath and of the Priore a ed on the "General Prologue" de cription . 2. Then read "The Wife of ath and her Tale." elow, li t the qualitie and value of the Wife of ath a ed on her "Prologue" and her tale. The Wife of ath The Priore https://www.curriculumpathways.com/portal/Launch?id=559 1/6 12/13/2017 Portraits of Medieval Women | QL #559 Real medieval women Getting to know real women from the Middle Age 1 Re earch one the following medieval women. U e the chart that follow to take note a out our re earch. Joan of Arc: Text Related to Joan of Arc Hildegard of ingen: The Life and Work of Hildegard von ingen (10981179) Marger Kempe: Marger Kemp Julian of Norwich: Julian of Norwich https://www.curriculumpathways.com/portal/Launch?id=559 2/6 12/13/2017 Portraits of Medieval Women | QL #559 Name of the medieval woman When and where did the woman live? What wa the nature of her famil life and relation hip ? What wa the nature of the ociet in which he lived? What pro lem did he face? What unu ual experience or event made her life important hi toricall ? https://www.curriculumpathways.com/portal/Launch?id=559 3/6 12/13/2017 Portraits of Medieval Women | QL #559 What were her pecial accompli hment ? 2 When ou complete our re earch, ummarize the information ou collected. The ummar hould include The nature of life for a woman in the Middle Age The value , intere t , and character of the woman imilaritie and di erence in the life of our hi torical gure and the ctional women in The Canter ur Tale Drawing conclu ion 3 4 a ed on what ou learned a out one medieval woman, li t three thing think an medieval woman would con ider ver important. What are three word https://www.curriculumpathways.com/portal/Launch?id=559 ou ou would u e to de cri e a real medieval woman? 4/6 12/13/2017 5 6 Portraits of Medieval Women | QL #559 What are three peci c detail or point of view a out the life of a medieval woman that are mo t important for under tanding a woman' role during that time? What peci c detail upport or contradict Chaucer' view of medieval women? A dialogue etween the two U ing our re earch note and our li t of the qualitie and value of the Wife of ath and of the Priore , create a dialogue or conver ation etween a woman from The Canter ur Tale and a real medieval woman. e prepared to perform our dialogue. Tr to include the following in our imaginar dialogue: What the women think of each other What the think of their relation hip and ocial life Their attitude toward religion De cription of their dail routine , occupation , pro lem , and reward in life Other topic or i ue that emerged in our re earch https://www.curriculumpathways.com/portal/Launch?id=559 5/6 12/13/2017 https://www.curriculumpathways.com/portal/Launch?id=559 Portraits of Medieval Women | QL #559 6/6
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Portrait of Medieval Women
Introduction
This paper will be a discussion based on the Women in Medieval Culture. In the
essay, considering broader contexts, different geographical areas, cultures across the world
and religions, the nature of life for women in the medieval age shall be described. The values,
characters and interests of the women at this age shall also be discussed, and finally, the
paper shall compare and contrast the life of our historical figure and the fictional women in
the Canterbury Tales.
The nature of life for a woman in the middle ages
Despite the fact that some women possessed extra-ordinary and considerable powers
during the middle ages, it is evident that they were widely seen as inferior to men. For those
who had enormous powers were very poor financially hence required to spend long hours
each day just to get. This aspect of being regarded as inferior and subject to men is well
explained by the phrasal that ‘behind every...


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