Collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer

Framing fiction with death : the seven sages of Rome, Boccaccio's Decameron, and Chaucer's Canterbury tales / by Celia M. Lewis.

Excrement in the late Middle Ages : sacred filth and Chaucer's fecopoetics / Susan Signe Morrison.

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

Due to essential system maintenance, online requesting will be unavailable from 9pm until midnight on Tuesday 21 April. You can still search the catalogue as usual. We apologise for any inconvenience.

We're running paid user research studies to improve Wellcome Collection online

The Canterbury Tales

Works from the collections

Framing fiction with death : the seven sages of Rome, Boccaccio's Decameron, and Chaucer's Canterbury tales / by Celia M. Lewis.

Excrement in the late Middle Ages : sacred filth and Chaucer's fecopoetics / Susan Signe Morrison.