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Currently Playing: True Love in Chaucer's "The Franklin's Tale"

This is one of the 100+ meetings we hosted on Versed Community this year. Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Franklin's Tale" is styled as a Breton Lay. This lecture was the last lecture in our course "The Breton Lay," in which we read Marie de France's "Laustic," "Guigemar," and "Lanval" along with Chaucer's "The Franklin's Tale." Intro to the Canterbury Tales 0:00-5:38 Who is the Franklin 5:38-7:19 What is Love? 7:19-18:32 Dorigen's Rash Boon 18:32-20:36 Aurelius and the Mage 20:36-22:10 Dorgien's Lament 22:10-23:55 Generosity 23:55-28:08 Discussion 28:08-29:01