Nicholas Orme Chaucer's England

Historian Nicholas Orme talks about his book Chaucer's England, exploring medieval life through the Canterbury Tales, at Blackwell's Bookshop.

Historian Nicholas Orme gives a talk at Blackwell's Bookshop exploring medieval England through Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, examining the thirty-three pilgrims and what their tales reveal about daily life, religion, politics and society. Drawing on his book Chaucer's England, he covers literacy, leisure, the crusades and the lifestyles of nobility, clergy, townsfolk and country dwellers. The event lasts one hour.