Geoffrey Chaucer

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A 14th-century English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales, and a key figure in English literature.

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John HopkinsShort History Of... · The Peasants’ Revolt · 31:11 · yesterday
…Back in 1381, one eyewitness to the violence is the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, who will later become famous for writing the stories of pilgrims known as the Canterbury Tales.…
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Sophie GeeSecret Life of Books · Secret Life of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood · 6:54 · 4d ago
…And the reason that Chaucer is thought of as the father of English literature, right from the Canterbury Tales, but also Troilus and Crusade that we did a couple of weeks ago, is that he was writing in the vernacular.…
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Jonty ClaypoleSecret Life of Books · Secret Life of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood · 6:45 · 4d ago
…It's no accident, Sophie, that a popular subject becomes Chaucer.…
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Jonty ClaypoleSecret Life of Books · Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde · 46:39 · 25 Aug
…Chaucer makes him this evidently older comic character, this rather……
Sophie GeeSecret Life of Books · Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde · 4:18 · 25 Aug
…Troiless and Crusade by Geoffrey Chaucer.…
Jacke (Jack) WilsonThe History of Literature · 821 A History of the Kiss (with Katie Barclay) | Wonderland ... · 1:10:02 · 3 Aug
…What do we see in Chaucer?…
Danny BateHistoryExtra podcast · An A-Z history of the English alphabet · 35:05 · 30 Jun
…Someone like Geoffrey Chaucer is alliterating words like kneeling with……
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