Question

According to the general prologue of The Canterbury Tales, the "holy blessed martir" the pilgrims sought in the journey was ______.

CHOICES -
• St. Mary
• St. Thomas à Becket
• St. Paul
• St. Thomas Aquinas

Answer 1

St. Thomas à Becket

According to the general prologue of The Canterbury Tales, the "holy blessed martir" the pilgrims sought in the journey was St. Thomas à Becket. The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories that has over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400.