One of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' offers lessons for the pandemic

Bale, Anthony (2022) One of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' offers lessons for the pandemic. [Audio]

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Official URL: https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2022/06/16/canterb...

Abstract

Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" were written in the 14th century in the wake of the bubonic plague. On a recent trip to London, Here & Now's Scott Tong met with medieval scholars to learn about the fables of the Black Plague. He found that one story, in particular, is relevant to today's pandemic, including choices people make.

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Item Type:	Audio
Keyword(s) / Subject(s):	Chaucer, medieval, plague, illness, pandemic, literature
School:	Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication
Research Centres and Institutes:	Medieval and Early Modern Worlds
Depositing User:	Anthony Bale
Date Deposited:	23 Jun 2025 13:56
Last Modified:	23 Jun 2025 13:56
URI:	https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/48498

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