Tabard Inn, Southwark

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The Tabard Inn in Southwark is the historic London hostelry famed as the gathering place for the pilgrims in Geoffrey Chaucer’s *The Canterbury Tales*.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic inn
hostelry
literary location
appearsIn The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED
associatedPeriod Middle Ages NERFINISHED
associatedReligion medieval Christianity
associatedWith Thomas Becket shrine
pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral
associatedWithCharacter Harry Bailly NERFINISHED
associatedWithCity City of London (wider urban area) NERFINISHED
associatedWithWork English literature canon
country United Kingdom
culturalSignificance important site in English literary history
symbolic meeting place of diverse medieval social classes
describedByAuthor Geoffrey Chaucer NERFINISHED
famousFor being the gathering place of the pilgrims in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales
fictionalizedIn The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED
firstMajorLiteraryMention The General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales GENERATED
genreContext medieval English literature
hasNameOrigin tabard, a type of medieval outer garment
hasNotableFeatureInLiterature diverse group of pilgrims assembling there GENERATED
origin of the tale-telling contest GENERATED
hasPilgrimHost Harry Bailly NERFINISHED
heritageStatus no longer survives in its medieval form
historicalFunction inn for travelers and pilgrims
inspired later literary and historical depictions of medieval inns
languageOfWorkDescribingIt Middle English GENERATED
literaryRole starting point of the pilgrimage to Canterbury in The Canterbury Tales
literaryStatus iconic inn in English literature
locatedIn England
London NERFINISHED
Southwark NERFINISHED
United Kingdom
locatedOnRoute London–Canterbury road NERFINISHED
mediumOfMostFamousDepiction poetry
partOf Borough of Southwark NERFINISHED
referencedIn histories of Southwark
studies of Chaucer
roleInNarrative place where the storytelling contest is proposed
settingFor frame narrative of The Canterbury Tales
streetOrArea Borough High Street NERFINISHED
successorBuilding The Talbot Inn NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfGreatestNotability late 14th century
topicOf guides to literary London
scholarly articles on Chaucerian topography
travelContext pilgrimage travel

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Chaucer the pilgrim settingOfActivity Tabard Inn, Southwark