View 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. One day, they see emilye, the queen's young sister, walking in her garden.
Read the knight's tale of the canterbury tales by geoffrey chaucer.
Iamque domos patrias scithice post aspera gentis prelia laurigero. 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. Inspired by the canterbury tales, as well as the early life of william marshall (later first earl of pembroke), this is the story of william, a william, lacking a proper pedigree, convinces chaucer to forge genealogy documents that will pass him off as a knight. A knight there was, and he a worthy er that i ferther in this tale pace, me thynketh it acordaunt to resoun.
