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Surprise-Archive 2003
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Click on the months to open the popup-windows with texts, information and links!
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January to December 2003
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January 2003
Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales
“The Merchant’s Tale”
(Old January marries young May)
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February 2003
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Parliament of Fowles
(Birds meeting on St. Valentine’s Day)
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March 2003
The Harley Lyrics
Lenten ys come with loue to toune
(About the beginning of springtime)
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April 2003
Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales
“The General Prologue”
(How it all started in The Tabbard in April)
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May 2003
Macaronic Lyrics
To the one I love most
(A medieval loveletter in three languages)
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June 2003
Corpus Christi Plays
The Wakefield Pageants: Processus Noe
(How Noah nearly couldn’t build the Ark ...)
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July 2003
The Owl and the Nightingale
(A heated debate on a hot summer evening)
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August 2003
Pearl
(The most famous medieval dream vision)
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September 2003
Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
“September”
(The most famous medieval calendar)
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October 2003
John Gower, Confessio Amantis
Book VII: On Astronomy
(A medieval description of the night sky)
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November 2003
Secular Lyrics
The Occupations of the Months
(What medieval farmers do during the year)
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December 2003
Christmas Carols
The fyrst day of yole have we in mynd
(A Carol about the 12 days of Christmas)
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