Tabard Inn
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The Tabard Inn is the Southwark lodging house that serves as the starting point and gathering place for the pilgrims in Geoffrey Chaucer’s "The Canterbury Tales."
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
ⓘ
inn ⓘ lodging house ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacterGroup | Chaucer’s pilgrims NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCityInWork | London GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
pilgrimage
ⓘ
social gathering ⓘ storytelling contest ⓘ |
| countryInWork | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Geoffrey Chaucer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| departurePointFor | pilgrimage to the shrine of Thomas Becket ⓘ |
| genreContext | medieval frame tale ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole | home of the Host ⓘ |
| hasFunctionInWork |
place where Host proposes rules of the contest
ⓘ
place where pilgrims agree on tale-telling game ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeSignificance | starting locus of all subsequent tales ⓘ |
| hasRoleInPlot | frame setting for the storytelling contest ⓘ |
| hostedBy | Harry Bailly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | real historical inn in Southwark (Tabard) ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Middle English literature ⓘ |
| locatedInWork | Southwark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | south bank of the River Thames ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | frame narrative of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| servesAs |
gathering place for the pilgrims
ⓘ
starting point of the pilgrimage to Canterbury ⓘ |
| timePeriodInWork | late 14th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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