Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, written in approximately

1385, is a collection of twenty-four stories ostensibly told by

various people who are going on a religious pilgrimage to

Canterbury Cathedral from London, England. Prior to the actual

tales, however, Chaucer offers the reader a glimpse of fourteenth

century life by way of what he refers to as a General Prologue.

In this prologue, Chaucer introduces all of the characters who are

involved in this imaginary journey and who will tell the tales.

Among the characters included in this introductory section is a

knight. Chaucer initially refers to the knight as "a most

distinguished man" (l. 43) and, indeed, his sketch of the knight

The knight, Chaucer tells us, "possessed/Fine horses, but he was

not gaily dressed" (ll. 69-70). Indeed, the knight is dressed in

a common shirt which is stained "where his armor had left mark"

(l. 72). That is, the knight is "just home from service" (l. 73)

and is in such a hurry to go on his pilgrimage that he has not

even paused before beginning it to change his clothes.

all this contenton, however, the knight remains modest and

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