Sir Launfal by Thomas Chestre Chaucer's World Chaucer's World expand_more Life and Manners Life and Manners expand_more Feasts Feasts expand_more A COOKERY BOOK (HARLEIAN MS. 4016, ab. 1450 A.D.) Expenses for Food and Lodging of the Embassy from Aragon, 1415 Table Manners Table Manners expand_more The Duenna's Advice on Table Manners The Little Children's Little Book (courtesy book c. 1480) Vrbanitatis; A Handbook of Manners (MS c. 1460) Tournaments and Chivalric Ceremony Tournaments and Chivalric Ceremony expand_more A Challenge Sent by the Saracens Jousts in Smithfield, A.D. 1388 [?] Queen Isabella's Public Entry into Paris The Jousts at St. Inglevere The Tournament in the Romances of Chrétien de Troyes & L'Histoire de Guillaume Le Maréchal Trial by Combat The Scrope-Grosvenor Trial (1385-1390) The Scrope-Grosvenor Trial (1385-1390) expand_more Deposition of Geoffrey Chaucer, Esquire (1386) Deposition of John de Rither, Esquire Deposition of Nicholas Sabraham, Esquire Deposition of Sir John Sully Deposition of Sir Richard Waldegrave Deposition of Sir William Aton Historical Events of Chaucer's Time Historical Events of Chaucer's Time expand_more The Commons' Revolt led by Jack Straw and Wat Tyler Women Writers in Chaucer's Times Pilgrimage Pilgrimage expand_more A Voyage to Compostella Punishment for Fake Pilgrims William Wey's Itinerary for a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem Medieval Science Medieval Science expand_more Astronomy/Astrology Astronomy/Astrology expand_more April Aries Taurus Zodiac John Wycliffe and the Lollards John Wycliffe and the Lollards expand_more Lollard Beliefs on Pilgrimages The Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards Medieval Literary Genres and Themes Medieval Literary Genres and Themes expand_more Fabliaux Fabliaux expand_more Bèrenger of the Long Arse Gombert and the Two Clerks Guèrin - The Priest who Peeked The Butcher of Abbeville The Fabliaux of Marie de France The Miller and the Two Clerks The Priest and the Lady The Tale of the Priest's Bladder The Wright's Chaste Wife Courtly Love Courtly Love expand_more "Courtly Love and Chivalry in the Later Middle Ages" Hoccleve's Translation of The Epistle of Cupid by Christine da Pisan The Lovers' Mass The Ten Commandments of Love Visions of Love Visions of Love expand_more "La Belle Dame sans Mercy" Dryden's Translation of The Flower and the Leaf The Assembly of Ladies The Cuckoo and the Nightingale The Flower and the Leaf Popular English Drama - The Mystery Plays Popular English Drama - The Mystery Plays expand_more The Second Shepard's Play (C15, Popular Drama) Noah Herod the Great The Breton Lays The Breton Lays expand_more The Earl of Toulous Prologue to the Lai le Frain The Romance of Emaré Sir Launfal by Thomas Chestre Sir Orfeo The English Romance The English Romance expand_more Libaeus Desconnus The Tale of Gamelyn The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell A Gest of Robyn Hode (Original) A Gest of Robyn Hode (Regularized) Robin Hood's Death The High Style The High Style expand_more Chaucer's Romance "Borrowings" Geoffrey of Vinsauf's Lament for King Richard Rhetorical Descriptions of Beautiful People Rime Royal Lyric Poetry Lyric Poetry expand_more Charles d'Orleans Other Authors Other Authors expand_more Andreas Capellanus ("Andrew the Chaplain"; late 12th cent.) Andreas Capellanus ("Andrew the Chaplain"; late 12th cent.) expand_more De Amore (1184-86) -- A Treatise on Courtly Love (excerpts) Francis Petrarch (Francesco Petrarcha, 1304-1374) Francis Petrarch (Francesco Petrarcha, 1304-1374) expand_more Francis Petrarch (1304-1374), Letters of Old Age, xvii, 3. Petrarch's Tale of Griselda Petrarch, "If Love Does Not Exist" Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) expand_more Convivio, Tractate IV Dante's Letter to Can Grande (Selections) Prayer to the Virgin (Paradiso, Canto 33) The Story of Ugolino (Inferno, Canto 33) Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) expand_more Il Filocolo, Question IV The Decameron, Conclusion The Decameron, Eighth Day, First Tale The Decameron, First Day, Introduction The Decameron, Ninth Day, Sixth Tale The Decameron, Preface The Decameron, Seventh Day, Ninth Tale The Decameron, Sixth Day, Tenth Tale The Decameron, Tenth Day, Fifth Tale The Decameron, Tenth Day, Tenth Tale John Gower (1325?-1403) John Gower (1325?-1403) expand_more A Farewell to Love (and Venus' Greeting to Chaucer) Bibliography Bibliography expand_more Bibliography for Confessio Amantis Bibliography for Gower's Other Works Index to Tales and Subjects in the Confessio Amantis John Gower in Love John Gower on Alchemy John Gower on Astronomy John Gower on the Four Humors (or Complexions) Note on Gower's spelling Prologue to the Confessio Amantis The Tale of Appius and Virginia The Tale of Canace and Machaire The Tale of Constance The Tale of Florent The Tale of Phoebus and the Crow John Lydgate (1370-1449) John Lydgate (1370-1449) expand_more Benedict Burgh (1413-1483), Letter to Lydgate John Lydgate and Benedict Burgh, Secrets of the Old Philosophers Lydgate's Epithalamium for Gloucester Lydgate, Prologue to The Siege of Thebes Lydgate, The Fall of Princes (1431), Book I Boethius (c. 480-584), Consolation of Philosophy Boethius (c. 480-584), Consolation of Philosophy expand_more Book I, Metrum 1 Book II, Metrum 8 Book II, Prosa 1 Book II, Prosa 2 Book III, Metrum 8 Book IV, Metrum 6 Book IV, Prosa 5 Book IV, Prosa 5, Metrum 5 Book IV, Prosa 7 Book V, Prosa 6 Cato ("Catoun") Cato ("Catoun") expand_more Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Collectio Distichorum Uulgarus: The Common Collection of Distichs Distichs, Book I Distichs, Book II Distichs, Book III Distichs, Book IV Cicero ("Tully") Girolamo Morlini Hans Sachs Masuccio Salernitano Statius The Knight of Latour-Landry The Knight of Latour-Landry expand_more Debate of the Knight and His Wife How the Lady Deals with a Squire How to Read this Book Prologue The Knight is Shocked The Tell-Tale Bird John Trevisa John Dryden (1631-1700) John Dryden (1631-1700) expand_more Preface to The Fables (1700) The Wife of Bath, Her Tale Livy Minor Authors Virgil Marie de France Marie de France expand_more The Cock and the Fox Ovid Ovid expand_more Coronis and the Birth of Esculapius Phoebus and the Crow Tale of Midas The Bawd Dipsas The Story of Hercules William Langland (c.1332?-c.1400?) William Langland (c.1332?-c.1400?) expand_more Piers Plowman, Passus I Piers Plowman, Passus II Piers Plowman, Passus III Piers Plowman, Passus IV Piers Plowman, Passus V Piers Plowman, Passus VI Piers Plowman, Passus VII Piers Plowman, Passus XVIII Piers Plowman, Prologue William Caxton William Caxton expand_more Interpretation of the Name Cecilia Other Literary Works Other Literary Works expand_more Caesarius of Heisterbach - The Friars in Heaven Analogues of the Pardoner's Tale from the Italian Novelle Caesarius of Heisterbach - An Administrator Carried Off Alive by the Devil Caxton - A Blind Man and His Wife A Rich Man and His Wife Chron. of Lanercost - An Avaricious Archdeacon Comment on the Goodman's Translation Cupid and Psyche Goodman of Paris - A Marriage Contract Old Hogyn's Adventures Prologue to the Tale of Beryn Romance of the Rose - Appius and Virginia Romance of the Rose - The Confession of Fals-Semblant Spenser - Continuation of the Squire's Tale Le Roman de la Rose Le Roman de la Rose expand_more Fortune's Speech on Tragedy Life of Saint Cecilia Reynard and Chanticleer St. Jerome - Chastity Among Pagan Women The Goodman of Paris The Goodman of Paris expand_more Comments on Melibee The Merchant and his Magpie Vernon MS - A Boy Murdered in Paris St. Jerome - Golden Book of Marriage St. Jerome - Why Men Should Not Marry Romance of the Rose - On Marriage The Fair Maid of Ribbesdale The Romance of the Rose - The Duenna's Speech Follow this link to the TEAMS edition.
