Geoffrey Chaucer is considered most important in English Literature. He lived in Europe in the 14th C and spent much of his time writing. Listed below are some key terms or ideas connected to Chaucer. Use the web to do some research and inquiry about Chaucer, his life, and his works.
Yeoman
Crusades
Thomas a' Becket
Canterbury
Feudalism
Middle English
Chivalry
England 14th C - What was life like?
Classes in this society
Pilgrimage
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Taylor Keeney
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Geoffery Chaucer
28 September 2011
Geoffery Chaucer is the most famous medieval authors. He grew up in a middle class family in London, England. His father, a vinter, owned a small business along Thames Street. A clerk, who worked at the Chaucer’s, saw talent in young Geoffery and taught him to read before he was ready for school. In the Hundred Years’ War, Chaucer was a skilled soldier that got captured and taken prisoner in France. It has been said this is when Chaucer began to write poetry. After the war, Geoffery received a job within royalty and traveled Europe to deliver diplomatic errands. Throughout his travels through Europe, Chaucer got a taste of feudalism. He based his famous epic “Canterbury Tales” off the life style of the medieval times. The poem is written about pilgrims experiences traveling to Canterbury. Because there was no printing press, the epic was written down on scraps of manuscripts. Chaucer did not even finish “Canterbury Tales”, because he died in 1400 before the poem was finished. He was the first to be buried in the Poet’s Corner at the Westminster Abbey.
Geoffery Chaucer. History Learning. Web. 28 September 2010
“The Canterbury Tales”. Web. 28 September 2010