Nicholas Orme: Chaucer's England - Augustine Hall - Canterbury Christ Church University

Who were Chaucer’s thirty-three pilgrims? Why were they heading to Canterbury? And what do they and their tales tell us about medieval England? Leading historian Nicholas Orme brings literature and history together, using the Canterbury Tales and the other great writings of Chaucer’s day to explain how people truly lived, what they thought about time and space, religion, politics and the landscape they lived in.