10+ The Canterbury Tales The Knight Gif. The knight is described by chaucer in the general prologue as the person of highest social standing amongst the pilgrims, though his manners and clothes are unpretentious. Since the two knights have apparently sworn to support each other in everything, each one's love for emily does.

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To canterbury, full of devout homage, there came at nightfall to that hostelry. Indeed, the knight is dressed in a common shirt. The remenant of the tale is long ynough.

Whilom, as olde stories tellen us and wayke been the oxen in my plough.

They languish in prison together for a while, until they notice the duke's daughter emily. The host is the manager of the tabard inn, the origination of the journey to canterbury. This chivalric romance was based on giovanni boccaccio's teseida, and though it was not originally written as part of the canterbury collection, chaucer adapted it to fit the character of the knight. Start studying the canterbury tales: