Middle+Ages+Documents


 * = ==The Canterbury Tales== ||= ==The Domesday Book== ||
 * [[image:Canterbury_Tales.jpg width="377" height="556" align="center"]] || [[image:Domesday_Book.jpg width="517" height="320" align="center"]] ||
 * The Canterbury Tales was a book written by Geoffry Chaucer. This novel tells of a group of Englishmen on a pilgrimage to Thomas Becket's tomb. Chaucer uses descriptive adjectives to show a range of characters. The character's occupations included knights, plowmen, merchants, millers, monks, nuns and a five-time-widowed "wife of Bath." Each on of these pilgrims have a story of their own. This novel gave an insight into the lives of medieval people to historians. || The Domesday Book is a census written by William the Conqueror. This census was taken in 1086 A.D. This census was taken in England. Information for each of England's citizens was recorded in this book. Along with the general information, the social hierarchy was also documented. There were two volumes of the Domesday Book. The two editions were the Great Domesday and Little Domesday. The picture displays a thick book. This indicates that the population of medieval England was large. This census affected society by recording the ranks of each person. Social rank was very important during the Middle Ages. ||