Geoffrey Chaucer Statue, #Canterbury, the 1st 4 reactions
Geoffrey Chaucer Statue, Canterbury, the 1st 4 reactions I could capture
Canterbury, England - Chaucer's Inspiration
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales were inspired by this town located in Kent in the south of England. The Westgate Museum is housed in the Medieval Fortified Gatehouse, containing armery from the area's military skirmishes throughout history. Canterbury Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of the Anglican Church and Palace Street thrums with shops and trendy cafés.
Canterbury Cathedral Kent UK
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The England Tapes #2: The Canterbury Tales (1985)
We didn't have a Chaucer as a travel guide, didn't even read the Canterbury Tales before, but a nice woman told us a lot about this beautiful old city and its outstanding cathedral, a magnificent masterpiece of Gothic architecture, so that we were happy when the guided sight-seeing tour was over and we could have a look on the hot spots of this beautiful place on our own.
Die England-Tagebücher 2: Die Canterbury Tales (1985)
Wir hatten keinen Geoffrey Chaucer als Reiseführer, nicht einmal gelesen hatten wir die Canterbury Tales vor Reisebeginn, aber eine nette Frau erzählte uns viel über diese schöne alte Stadt und ihre mächtige Kathedrale, ein wahres Meisterwerk der gotischen Architektur, und als wir glücklich die Stadtbesichtigung überstanden hatten, konnten wir uns selbst ein Bild von den Hot-Spots machen.
Richard Llewellyn
Richard Dafydd Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd (8 December 1906 – 30 November 1983), better known by his pen name Richard Llewellyn, was a British novelist.
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Chaucer Mini Lecture 1
The 7 deadly sins and 4 Temperaments
Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey
Ever wondered about the origins of Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey, where over 100 poets and writers are buried or commemorated? It all began in 1400 when Geoffrey Chaucer, the author of 'The Canterbury Tales' was buried there but not because he was a poet ... find out more in this short video.
One of the best-known parts of Westminster Abbey, Poets' Corner can be found in the South Transept. It was not originally designated as the burial place of writers, playwrights and poets; the first poet to be buried here, Geoffrey Chaucer, was laid to rest in Westminster Abbey because he had been Clerk of Works to the palace of Westminster, not because he had written the Canterbury Tales.
Over 150 years later, during the flowering of English literature in the sixteenth century, a more magnificent tomb was erected to Chaucer by Nicholas Brigham and in 1599 Edmund Spenser was laid to rest nearby. These two tombs began a tradition which developed over succeeding centuries.
Burial or commemoration in the Abbey did not always occur at or soon after the time of death. Lord Byron, for example, whose lifestyle caused a scandal although his poetry was much admired, died in 1824 but was finally given a memorial only in 1969. Even Shakespeare, buried at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1616, had to wait until 1740 before a monument, designed by William Kent, appeared in Poets' Corner.
Other poets and writers, well known in their day, have now vanished into obscurity, with only their monuments to show that they were once famous.
Conversely, many whose writings are still appreciated today have never been memorialised in Poets' Corner, although the reason may not always be clear.
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Serenade to Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams performed by Elizabeth Connell, Amanda Roocroft, John Mark Ainsley, Martyn Hill, Maldwyn Davies, Anne Dawson, Linda Kitchen, Alan Opie, Gwynne Howell, Sir Thomas Allen, Sarah Walker, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, John Connell and the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Matthew Best. Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd, London.
Canterbury Cathedral...
A short test clip using a combination of Adobe After effects native filters (no plug-ins), original music score recorded with Steinberg Cubase 5 and video footage shot recorded with a HD H.264 cam circa Spring 2011...
Merely for re-familiarising myself with long-dormant tools at my disposal...
1st Wednesdays: Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales: Still Funny After All These Years
Join us as Dartmouth professor Peter Travis discusses the genius and enduring humanity of Geoffrey Chaucer, the 14th-century “Father of English Poetry.”
Canterbury Cathedral
Tour of Canterbury Cathedral in Kent. Summer 2008.
EDWARD2
by Christopher Marlowe
adapted by Jonas David Grey
directed by Brad Norris
May 30 - June 22, 2014
Friday & Saturday - 8pm
Sunday - 2pm
Ten-Spot Thursday, June 5th - 8pm
The world will be open for you to explore starting an hour before curtain....
England, 1936. In a time of civil strife and growing political unrest, the fate of an English king is threatened not by war, but by the prejudice of his own court against the man he loves. Marlowe's play illustrates the romance between Edward and his beloved Gaveston with surprising candor, and reveals that not even the Crown is safe against the crushing intolerance of Church and State.
Assistant Director - Alicia Stanley
Stage Manager - Sandra Welty
Lighting Designer - Lana Riggins
CAST
King Edward II - Jonas Grey
Piers Gaveston - Taylor Rieland
Queen Isabella - Madeline Long
The Lady of Kent - Heather Johnston
The Lady of Lancaster - Aladrian Wetzel
The Lord of Mortimer - John Wright
The Lord of Warwick - Daniel Douek
The Lady of Pembroke - Ashley Anna Kowalski
The Bishop of Coventry / Abbot - Dominic Gladden
Spencer - Matthew Payne
Baldock - Cassandra Miler
The Lady of Leicester / Beaumont - Cassandra Dutt
Prince Edward III - Jack Connors
Understudy for Prince Edward III / Soldier -- Yitzi Turniansky
Society Coordinator - Dyana Neal
Society Coordinator - Jim Knost
Society Members: Steven Lampredi, Beth Weber, Christine Thomas-O'Meally, Abram Foster, Michael Salconi.
Special Guest Artists: Noah League, Dustin Morris
Peter Dee, one of the gardeners at Canterbury Cathedral translates Dante from a sculpture.mov
Part of the Canterbury Garden tour by Sarah Salway, Canterbury Laureate - sarahsalway.net
Monk's Tale
Project created by Ryan, Alex and Randy
Important points about Geoffrey Chaucer
GEOFFREY CHAUCER (1340-1400)
Poet, the son of John Chaucer, a London wine merchant, is better known as Father of
English poetry. There are uncertain details about his life and his age covers the period from
1340 to 1400. As a youth, he was a page in the Royal household. He held various diplomatic
and civil posts, and in king’s service, he travelled abroad on numerous diplomatic missions.
He got married with Philippa Roet, a sister of John of Gaunt’s third wife due to which he
became a powerful man and also enjoyed royal favors. Visited Italy and made his first
acquaintance with Italian literature and may have met Petrarch and Boccaccio, the two
greatest living Italian men of letters along with Dante who influenced a lot on the growth of
Chaucer’s work. His last official position was that of deputy forester in the King’s Forest at North Petherton in Somerset. He was buried at the entrance to the Chapel of St Benedict in
Westminster Abbey, where a monument was erected to him in 1556: this was the origin of
Poet’s Corner.
England's Roman Baths
The town of Bath in England is famous for many things. It was the setting for one of Chaucer’s most famous stories from The Canterbury Tales, “The Wife of Bath’s Tale,” it was a Georgian pleasure town and its hot springs have attracted people to it since Neolithic times. However, for most history lovers, interest in the town begins with the Roman baths and its status as one of the most fascinating Roman ruin sites in Great Britain. My guest today is David Crowther, host of the History of England Podcast. We talk about how the Romans came to Britain, why they were interested in Bath, and what happened to the town in the years since they left.
Dipping a toe in Bath When David was a kid, he went on a school trip to Bath, and as he says, he followed the grand tradition of school kids not being interested in the subject of a field trip. But then the Bath Museum got in touch, and he went back and realized it was, in his words, “the most stunning town and the most stunning museum.” Bath is the second-most visited town in England, and David tells us why: It was built out of gorgeous yellow limestone, the environment surrounding the town is gorgeous, and it has the famous Roman baths. So as David says, it’s really several things at once, and they all recommend a visit.
Caesar declares victory, runs away The Romans first invaded Bath in 56 B.C., when Julius Caesar was fighting the Gauls, and many of the Gauls were escaping into Britain. David says the myth has it that Caesar invaded Bath, “realized he didn’t have the right kid, declared victory and ran away.” He says there’s a lot of truth to that myth, but regardless, Claudius came after and did the job properly. What’s interesting is that at first, Romans just shipped everything over to Bath, and it wasn’t until the third century that they truly began to make a real society and a mixed and varied economy. By the third and fourth century, the Romans start putting in a lot of work on the complex. It’s a religious complex, with a priest presiding over it. But by 420, after years of invasions, Roman Britain is, as David says, “absolutely dead.”
How the monument came to be It’s a little strange for modern people to imagine a temple in a public bath, but the Roman baths were holy places, as well. As David tells me, the gray ruins we see now bare little resemblance to the colorful places Roman baths used to be. He provides a great picture of what you would have seen if you had prayed at the altar in, say the fourth century. The deities in that particular temple included Minerva. But what’s fascinating is that the Romans incorporated the deities into the temples. So while Minerva is a prominent Roman deity, Sulis, a Celtic goddess was also worshipped at Bath.
The many “careers” of Bath While there was some attempt to preserve the baths, eventually the city falls to pieces, as David says, and by the time Henry I comes along, the baths are completely gone. And Bath underwent numerous transformations after that, including as the setting for one of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. And then, in the 18th century, it became a posh spot, and that’s the city you see today when you visit. The original Roman baths were rediscovered in the 19th century, and excavation continues to this day. It sounds like an amazing place to visit, and David provides some great suggestions for where and how to see it today.
Outline of This Episode [1:41] The history of the History of England Podcast [3:54] How he got interested in Bath [6:57] How Romans came to Bath [13:30] What is a Roman bath? [17:00] The Temple at Bath [21:20] How Romans viewed religion [26:19] What happens to Bath after Romans leave [35:49] What to see in Bath Resources Mentioned The History of England Podcast Roman Bath Museum Rick Steves Over Brunch Connect With Stephanie stephanie@historyfangirl.com Support Stephanie on Patreon Featuring the song “Places Unseen” by Lee Rosevere. More info and photographs for this episode at:
Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer , known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey. While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author, philosopher, alchemist and astronomer, composing a scientific treatise on the astrolabe for his ten year-old son Lewis, Chaucer also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Among his many works, which include The Book of the Duchess, the House of Fame, the Legend of Good Women and Troilus and Criseyde, he is best known today for The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer is a crucial figure in developing the legitimacy of the vernacular, Middle English, at a time when the dominant literary languages in England were French and Latin.
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Alexander - Part Six
Last Part
Amazing English Lit. Movie
A short movie we made for english class, its funny if you understand what is going on. Included in the video are short segments from a ton of different books we read throughout the year. Starts of with Franz Kafka traveling to the castle to try and find out were the Handsomest Drowned Man came from. And so we begin.....
Shrine of St Thomas of Canterbury
St Thomas of Canterbury Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Canterbury, Kent
Where the tomb of St Thomas was
Facts About April Fools’ Day
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April is fast approaching and that can only mean one thing - April Fools’ Day. On April 1st of each year, children and adults alike will indulge in practical jokes, knock-knock jokes and various hoaxes that can fool hundreds of people at a time.
A Western cultural belief, the tradition of April Fools can date back centuries. The first recorded date was in the Nun’s Priest Tales in 1392 by Geoffrey Chaucer, the author of The Canterbury Tales. In the tale, a vain cockerel is tricked by a wily fox, very much like in an Aesops’ fable.
Written in old English, the line says, ‘Syn March was gon’. This can be translated as to ‘Since March was gone’. This sentence led historians to believe that a special occasion occurs on April 1st, in which others can be tricked.
The public Roman festival Hilaria (which has roots as an early April Fools’ Day) was traditionally held on March 25th. The day was a celebration, in which meats were roasted over open fires and alcoholic drinks flowed freely. This was in comparison to sombre days that the Emperor had hosted previously.
The Medieval Festival of Fools was held on December 28th. The tradition died out, and was commonly replaced by April’s Fools’. The Festival of Fools tradition still occurs in Spanish-speaking countries, where the day is devoted to mischief and merriment for all ages.
Old French countries held week-long celebrations that ended on April 1st. These traditions were in lieu of celebrating New Years Day and making fools of others who did.
Traditionally in places such as Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, April Fools’ jokes last until midday. If a joke is played afterwards, then they are the April Fool. The old saying says, ‘April Fools’ Day’s past and gone, You’re the fool for making one’. However, in countries such as Germany, Japan and the United States, jokes can last all day.
In 1698, there were many citizens who were told to see the bathing of the lions at the Tower of London. Of course when they arrived, there was nothing to be seen. This was one of the most infamous April Fools’ Day jokes.
The traditional April Fools’ Day jokes are slowly dying out. Countries such as France and Italy still hold a tradition that some secondary schools are now embracing. Children and adults alike stick paper fish to each others backs, meaning they are the April’s Fish (the first fish caught in springtime).
It’s not only families and friends that have their fun on April 1st. Here are just a handful to tide you over, until the big day itself:
- One newspaper reported that police would hire hawks to carry cameras on motorways to catch speeding motorists.
- The Sun newspaper wrote that gypsies had the right to pitch tents in the historic Windsor Castle.
- 2-Ten FM (the radio station) told listeners that an African elephant was causing major traffic disruptions on the M4.
- The famous statue of HachikÅ the dog had been stolen from Japan. France were graciously offering to replace it with a statue of a bronze poodle.
- To promote BBC iPlayer, the BBC showed ‘video footage’ of penguins able to fly in the Antarctic skies.
- BMW cars ‘developed’ a Magnetic Tow Technology. It was able to lock onto the front of your BMW car, and then you would be towed along with no need to have your foot on the accelerator or have a running engine.
An important question is: How many times have you fallen for an April Fools’ joke, and will you fall for one this year?