# Episode 127: The Road to Canterbury

An episode of [The History of English Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536), 24 Jul 2019, 1 h 03 min.

Audio: https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep127-Road-to-Canterbury.mp3

In the mid-1380s, Geoffrey Chaucer gave up his London job and residence and moved to Kent along the pilgrimage route to Canterbury. This move inspired the creation of the Canterbury Tales which remains the most well-known work of Middle English literature. In this episode, we explore the background of the poem and the circumstances which led Chaucer to abandon London in favor of Kent. We also examine the opening lines of the General Prologue of the poem. TRANSCRIPT: EPISODE 127

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