The fact that Chaucer wrote in English (now referred to as Middle English), rather than French or Latin like many of his fellow writers, meant that ordinary folk could enjoy the Canterbury Tales ...
He was born between 1340 and 1343, son of John Chaucer, a London vintner, and Agnes (Copton). Geoffrey began his career in the service of Lionel, third son of King Edward III, and held various offices ...
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‘Geoffrey Chaucer’ Review: A Worldly, Well-Traveled PoetChaucer was born into an upwardly mobile family ... and then served as a teenage squire in France, where he was captured and then ransomed during the Hundred Years’ War. His sister-in-law ...
The fact that Chaucer wrote in English (now referred to as Middle English), rather than French or Latin like many of his fellow writers, meant that ordinary folk could enjoy the Canterbury Tales ...
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