I’m not a medievalist but fell in love with one because he seduced me by quoting lines—in Middle English—from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Article continues after advertisement And of course, in my besotted state of lust, I studied that book in earnest. However, as it turned out, I discovered I loved the Canterbury Tales far more than the medievalist guy. After we broke up, I still read and re-read Chaucer’s book mostly because I was enamored by the story structure: a group of pilgrims traveling together and sharing stories—and comments about the stories—with one another. I thought it was genius and wanted to do something similar when I began writing fiction.…