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Web Resources by Tale
Electronic Canterbury Tales - Kankedort.Net Index Page
Fragment I / Group A
The General Prologue
The Knight's Tale
The Miller's Prologue &
Tale
The Reeve's Prologue & Tale
The Cook's Prologue & Tale
Fragment II / Group B1
The Man of Law's Introduction, Prologue, Tale, & Epilogue
Fragment III /
Group D
The Wife of Bath's Prologue & Tale
The Friar's Prologue & Tale
The Summoner's Prologue & Tale
Fragment IV / Group E
The Clerk's Prologue & Tale
The Merchant's Prologue,
Tale, & Epilogue
Fragment V / Group F
The Squire's Introduction & Tale
The Franklin's Prologue & Tale
Fragment VI /
Group C
The Physician's Tale
The Pardoner's Introduction,
Prologue, & Tale
Fragment VII /
Group B2
The Shipman's Tale
The Prioress's Prologue
& Tale
The
Prologue & Tale
of Sir Thopas
The Tale of Melibee
The Monk's Prologue & Tale
The Nun's Priest's Prologue,
Tale, & Epilogue
Fragment VIII /
Group G
The
Second Nun's Prologue & Tale
The Canon's Yeoman's
Prologue & Tale
Fragment IX /
Group H
The Manciple's
Prologue & Tale
Fragment X /
Group I
The Parson's Prologue
& Tale
The Retraction
The Electronic Canterbury Tales:
Troilus
and Criseyde
Additional
Chaucer Pages in The Electronic Canterbury Tales
Chaucer the Pilgrim-Narrator & Author
Chaucer's "Orphan" Pilgrims
- Those without a Tale
The
Frame Tale, Later Continuations,
&
Chaucerian Apocrypha
Manuscripts,
Printed Editions, & Electronic Texts
Electronic
Chaucer Texts:
What's Available Online?
Chaucer
in / and Popular Culture
Troilus
and Criseyde
Documentation Primer
Chaucer Pedagogy Page
If you need just one
book
about the Canterbury Tales, this is it!
Helen Cooper's
Oxford Guide to the Canterbury Tales
Related Schools, Programs, and Local & Regional Organizations
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Arizona
Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
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Chaucernet
Archives, a searchable archive of the Chaucernet academic listserv,
dating from September 1995 until the present.
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Delaware
Valley Medieval Association
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International
Center of Medieval Art (ICMA)
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International
Medieval Institute, University of Leeds
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The
Lollard Society
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The
Medieval Academy of America
(MAA), the granddaddy of medieval organizations in the US, is entering the
new century with a new attitude.
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Medieval
Academy of America: Committee on Centers and Regional Associations
compiles data on North American (and external) medieval centers, programs,
committees, libraries, and regional associations.
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Medieval
Association of the Pacific
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Medieval
Institute at Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo)
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Medieval
and Renaissance Drama Society
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New
Chaucer Society provides a forum for teachers and scholars of Geoffrey Chaucer and his
age, sponsors a biennial conference, and a number of publishing projects.
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Pontifical
Institute of Mediaeval Studies (U of Toronto)
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Society
for Medieval Feminist Scholarship
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Spanish
Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (SELIM)
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Society
for Medieval Languages and Linguistics
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Society
for the Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages
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TEAMS:
The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages
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Texas
Medieval Association
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UCLA
Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
The
Single Best Site for Online Term Paper
& College Essay
See
especially the Purdue OWL publications:
Related Medieval Studies Course and Web Pages
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Don Adams (Central
Connecticut) offers brief discussions of key medieval philosophers on his
Medieval
and Renaissance Philosophy course page.
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Paul Halsall's excellent
HSRU 1300: Medieval History
(Fordham) course page is a fully hyperlinked introduction to the period, including
Islamic, Byzantine, and Iberian developments as well Latin Christendom. A feast of primary
sources and solid lecture notes.
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R.J.Kilcullen's very fine
PHIL 252: Medieval Philosophy
and PHIL 360: Later
Medieval Philosophy course pages (Macquarrie U) offers a detailed
Reading Guide to Boethius's
Consolation
as well as a number of other introductory (and downloadable!) lectures, notes, and primary
texts for figures like Abelard, Aquinas, Anselm, Averroes,
Ockham, Scotus, & Wycliffe.
See particularly his concise
Medieval Philosophy: An
Introduction.
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Don Adams (Central
Connecticut) offers brief discussions of key medieval philosophers on his
Medieval
and Renaissance Philosophy course page.
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See
Steven Reimer's excellent online course,
Manuscript
Studies: Medieval and Early Modern (U of Alberta), for an excellent
introduction and overview to the composition and development of medieval
texts.
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Steve Muhlberg's
Medieval
England, History 2425 offers a variety of resources (Nipissing U).
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See Dan Mosser's
History
of the English Language Website for online resources in historical
linguistics. See also the
International
Phonetic Association's website.
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Gary Rich's sublime
Ars
Subtilior. Music of the Late Medieval period and the generous list of
links there.
Societies &
Organizations
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Chaucernet
Archives, a searchable archive of the Chaucernet academic listserv,
dating from September 1995 until the present.
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New
Chaucer Society provides a forum for teachers and scholars of Geoffrey Chaucer and his
age, sponsors a biennial conference, and a number of publishing projects.
-
The
Medieval Academy of America
(MAA), the granddaddy of medieval organizations in the US, is entering the
new century with a new attitude.
-
Medieval
Academy of America: Committee on Centers and Regional Associations
compiles data on North American (and external) medieval centers, programs,
committees, libraries, and regional associations.
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Society
for Medieval Feminist Scholarship
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Society
for Medieval Languages and Linguistics
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Society for the Study of the
Bible in the Middle Ages
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TEAMS:
The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages
Websites for Calls for Papers
Call
for Papers database from the University of Pennsylvania CFP listserv
Major Medieval Conferences Websites
International
Congress on Medieval Studies (Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI)
International
Medieval Congress, University of Leeds
Schools, Programs, and Local & Regional Organizations
Journal & Newsletter Homepages
Chaucernet:
An Academic Listserv (from Edwin Duncan, Towson U)
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An Online
Compendium and Companion
to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
The
Man of Law's Tale
1. In Middle English
The Introduction
to the Man of Law's Tale, the Man
of Law's Prologue, Man
of Law's Tale, and Man
of Law's Epilogue at the UVa Electronic Text Center
Read the
Man of Law's Introduction, Prologue, Tale, and Epilogue in the context of Fragment
II - Group B1
2. In Modern English Translation
Scott
Gettman's edition of the Canterbury
Tales (Electronic Literature Foundation) is accessible by individual tale &
available in a variety of formats: Middle English, Modern English, Facing Page,
& Interpolated - Glossed (frames; from unknown base text).
- Although unsuitable for formal research or college work, the
ELF is the best online version for younger readers and those unfamiliar with Middle
English. Easily navigable, and the Middle English glosses are very helpful.
The Litrix Reading Room translation
of the Canterbury Tales features rhyming couplets.
Sinan Kökbugur's helpfully glossed hypertext Middle English rendition of the complete Canterbury Tales is available at the Librarius page. Use the Table of
Contents in the left frame to click on a specific Tale, and difficult terms and phrases
are glossed in the lower frame.
Skip
Knox's selection
of Canterbury Tales in Modern English (Boise State) includes the Man of Law's
Introduction, the Prologue to the Man
of Law's Tale, and the Man of Law's Tale
(from an unknown base text).
3. Historical & Cultural Backgrounds
London's Inner
Temple, the 'law school' where the Manciple is said to have served
(A.567) and the Sergeant of Law would have been trained (A.309-30), has put
online a concise account of its history and development.
English Legal History Materials
(Robert Palmer, UHouston) contains technical discussion and primary materials in
translation for different aspects of the law in medieval England.
4. Sources, Analogues, & Related Texts
Volume 33 of the Harvard Classics is
devoted to Voyages and Travel:
Ancient and Modern.
5. Online Notes & Commentary
Discussion and links concerning the Man of Law's Introduction,
Prologue, Tale, and Epilogue on Larry D. Benson's superlative Geoffrey Chaucer Page (Harvard). Includes
e-texts of scholarly essays, sources and ancillary texts, and capsule discussions of key
issues. Some of the items related to the Man of Law's Tale include:
6. Online Articles & Books
An Exemplaria e-print by Susan Schibanoff, Worlds Apart: Orientalism,
Antifeminism, and Heresy in Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale. Cite as a web document.
7. Student Projects & Essays
Anniina Jokkinen's Essays and Articles on Chaucer
includes a number of sample student essays, of varying quality. Like any other
source, student essays must be evaluated rigorously, cited correctly, and used
responsibly. Jokkinen also compiles a number of resources by Canterbury
Tale: The
Man of Law's Tale
8. Online Bibliography
9. Syllabi & Course
Descriptions
10. Images & Multimedia
11. Language Helps & Audio Files
Sample
audio files (.wav, .au, .aiff) from the Man
of Law's Tale, recorded at the University of Adelaide, 1994, and read by Tom Burton,
are available from the Chaucer Studio (Paul Thomas, Brigham Young).
12. Potpourri
13. The
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