Today I finally learned what a Manciple is! But tbh I probably knew back when I studied Chaucer, and will probably forget again within a week.
Today I finally learned what a Manciple is! But tbh I probably knew back when I studied Chaucer, and will probably forget again within a week.
Started this today on a whim. Very readable! Probably even better if your memory of the Canterbury Tales is a liiiiittle fresher than mine.
I learned so much from Chaucer‘s People. For example, the surname Walker comes from the person whose job it was to walk back and forth over vats of urine, dog poop, and skin to tan leather to make vellum. This changes the emotional resonance of Walker, Texas Ranger in a way that delights me.
Mildly interesting but without the great details in her other books