History Schmistory, April 17: Canterbury Tales Told for the First Time!

Monday, April 17, 2023 by teammarcopolo in History Schmistory Tags: , , ,

1397 – Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as when the book’s pilgrimage to Canterbury starts. After all, it does start “Whan that aprill with his shoures soote the droghte of march hath perced to the roote”