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Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Nuns Priests Tale, a mock heroic story about a cockerel named Chanticleer (Chauntecleer), his wife Pertelote, and a wily fox. Date: 1845
The British Valhalla -- The Wars and Conquests in France. Depicting the Countess de Montfort (Joanna of Flanders, Duchess of Brittany) waiting for help to arrive, and saluting Sir Walter Manny
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Franklins Tale, a romantic story set in Brittany, about a couple, Dorigen and Arveragus, who decide that their marriage will be an equal one
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Squires Tale, an unfinished (interrupted) story in the form of an epic romance about Genghis Khan (named here Cambuscan or Cambyuscan)
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Friars Tale, showing the corrupt Summoner, the Devil and the Widow. Date: 1845
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Wife of Baths Tale (left). Also including the Knight solving the riddle (centre) and the Knight on his travels (right). Date: 14th century
Effigy of King Edward II in Gloucester CathedralEffigy of King Edward II on his tomb in Gloucester Cathedral. Date: 14th century
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Man of Laws Tale, about the life of Constance, or Custance, Christian daughter of the emperor of Rome
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Knights Tale. Palamon in the Temple of Mars, Arcite in the Temple of Venus. Date: 1845
Taddeo Gaddi and Andrea Orcagna with Campo Santo, PisaTaddeo Gaddi and Andrea Orcagna, Italian artists and architects (both pupils of Giotto) with the Campo Santo, Pisa, Italy. Date: 14th century
Giotto di Bondone, Italian artistGiotto di Bondone (c1267-1337), Italian painter and architect. Seen here with two angels below. Date: 13th-14th century
Monumental brass rubbing, William Barton and wife, Thornborough, Buckinghamshire. 1389
Jean Froissart presenting book to King Richard IIJean Froissart presenting his book of Amours and Moralities to King Richard II. 1395
Jean Froissart reading to Gaston de Foix after supperJean Froissart reading from his Chronicles at the court of Gaston de Foix at Orthez, south-west France, after supper. 1388
Jean Froissart and Sir Espaing de Lyon on their way to the court of Gaston de Foix at Orthez, south-west France. 1388
Philip van Artevelde of Ghent addressing the people during the Flemish revolt against the French, as reported in Froissarts Chronicles. circa 1381
King Edward III and the Countess of Salisbury -- the origin of the Order of the Garter, as mentioned in Froissarts Chronicles. circa 1348
Swiss flags of bishoprics, c1340Swiss flags of bishoprics, c. 1340. Chromolithograph by A. Graeter from Die Wappenrolle von Zurich, The Zurich Armorial, Antiquarische Gesellschaft in Zurich, 1860
Medieval bat and ball gamesWoman pitching a ball to a man with a bat in the game of club ball, 14th century (top), man holding a ball about to hit it to a catcher in the game of club ball, 14th century (middle)
Medieval ball gameMan and woman playing handball, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Medieval ball gamesMan and woman playing handball, 14th century (top), two teams playing balloon ball, 14th century (middle), and men playing golf or bandy-ball, 14th century (bottom)
Hippas wrestling, 14th centuryMen and boys wrestling on other mens shoulders in the game of Hippas, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Medieval wrestlingTwo men wrestling for the prize of a rooster, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Medieval wrestling boutMen wrestling with their coats on the ground, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Medieval wrestling boutsMen wrestling with their coats on the ground (top), men wrestling for the prize of a rooster (middle), and men wrestling on shoulders of others in the game of Hippas, 14th century
Archers at crossbow practice, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Archery practice with the bow, 14th centuryArchery practice with the bow and rooster target, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Medieval archery scenesArchery practice with bow, 14th century (top), crossbow shooting at the butts at a school, 16th century (middle), and archers at crossbow practice, 14th century
Hawking scene, 14th centuryNobles and ladies on horseback hawking with falcons, while the falconer frightens birds at the river edge, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports
Ladies hawking, 14th centuryLadies hawking with falcons and hunting dogs in the 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Hawking scenes, 9th and 14th centuryHawking scenes: Saxon noble and falconer from the 9th century (middle), and ladies and men hawking with falcons and prey from the 14th century (top, bottom)
Ladies hunting a stag with bow and arrow, 14th centuryLadies hunting a stag with bow and arrow, mounted woman blowing a hunting horn and dog attacking stag, 14th century
Games unknown, 14th century. A variant of hide and seek, and boys playing a guessing game where one holds up a certain number of fingers and his colleagues have to show the same, similar to scissors
Unknown medieval gameA man calls to a blindfolded man with a club to strike a cauldron, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus
Boarding school game from the 14th century: a boy seated on a round pole must light a taper without losing his balance and falling into the tub below
Boarding school games from the 14th century: a boy on a round pole must light a taper without losing his balance and falling into the tub; a boy on a round pole must light a taper at the end of
Hoodman blind, or blind mans buff, 14th century. Men taking turns to be the blind man by reversing the hood, or hitting the blind man with their knotted hoods, and women playing the game (bottom)
Medieval game of bob-cherryMedieval childrens games: boys playing bob-cherry with an apple 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus
King David playing handbells from a 14th century manuscriptKing David playing handbells with hammers from a 14th century manuscript of his psalms, with a vignette of a comedian holding bellows and tongs as if playing a fiddle
Man spearing a boar, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Men unearthing a fox with dogs, horn and shovelsMen unearthing a fox with shovel, hunting dog and horn, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London
Men playing kayles or skittles, 14th centuryMedieval kayles or skittles. Game played with ball, stick, hoop and target (top), men playing kayles or skittles with stick and six pins (middle)
Men playing bowls with a jack, 14th centuryMedieval bowling. Three men playing bowls with a jack, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Men playing bowls, 14th centuryMedieval bowling. Two men playing bowls, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Sword fighting for prizes, 14th centuryTwo fencing students fighting a mock duel with bucklers and cudgels, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Animal imitator, 14th centuryPerformers including an animal imitator in the 14th century: man with pipe and tabor dancing with a man in a stag costume
Animal imitators, 14th centuryPerformers imitating animals in the 14th century: man with pipe and tabor dancing with a man in stag costume; man with dancing dog, man with stick receiving a scroll from a boy with a dogs head
Medieval trained horsesTwo horses trained to strike a tabor with their hooves, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London