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*.
Statements (46)
| 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
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scholarly articles on Chaucerian topography ⓘ |
| travelContext | pilgrimage travel ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.