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In his Canterbury Tales, Chaucer fully explicates the cultural standard known as curteisye through satire. In the fourteenth century curteisye embodied sophistication and an education in French international culture. The legends of chilvalric knights, conversing in the language of courtly love, matured during this later medieval pe ....
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.... English convent school, hardly the equivalent to Chaucer's travels in France. Chaucer creates the feeling that the narrator is basing his statements not only on the nun's actions but also on her attitudes. The details of her dainty manners prove to the reader that she truly believes that she appreciates curteisye, making her seem even more naïve. Chaucer continues in his description, adding comments on her emotional state, "She wolde weepe if that she saw a mous / Caught in a trappe,"(General Prologue, 144-5), and her neat appearance. All elements combine to illuminate a woman who could ....
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