Professor Marion Turner
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I have a local vintner near us called Ian, and he's absolutely magnificent. Well, Ian, which is a version of the name John, which is Chaucer's dad. Good heavens. So John Chaucer, vintner, and Chaucer's mother was called Agnes. Chaucer was born early 1340s. We don't know the exact year, but about 1342. Right.
Suomessa. Vintnerin puolella, eli puolella, jossa oli paljon vintneristÀ. Se oli yksi Suomen alueista, joka on juuri lÀhellÀ The Thamesista. HÀn on syntynyt paikalla, jossa hÀn voi nÀhdÀ sivuja, jotka tulevat sinne, joilla on tuotteita koko maailman, jotka tukevat rauhoja niin kauan kuin Indoneesia. Ja sitten hÀn meni ulos ulos, joka oli Englannin ainoa todellinen tuotantopuoli.
Chaucer oli elÀmÀssÀ hyvin multilinguaalinen, kosmopolitiikallinen alue. YleensÀ ihmiset ajattelevat Middle Agesin, kun ihmiset heittÀvÀt ylös. Ja tietenkin joitakin ihmisiÀ heittivÀt ylös. Mutta luonnon elÀmÀ oli todella maailmanlaajuisia. HÀn heittÀÀ ylös ihmisiÀ, jotka puhuivat monia eri kieltÀ ja tuovat monia luonnollisia tuotteita.
It came to England about 1348. And it completely dwarfs the pandemic that we've been through. If you imagine a pandemic that wiped out maybe a third, maybe a half of the population really quickly. Of Europe. We're not just talking Britain here.
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So there's a lot of social mobility after the plague. It's actually the late 14th century is an amazing time for social mobility. People can move jobs. If their employer isn't paying a decent wage, they can go to another employer or they can move to the city. The government passed lots of laws to try and stop employees from asking for higher wages, but it didn't work. None of these statutes of labor did not work.
He becomes a page boy in a great household. So and this is a very desirable thing to get. Usually, you know, higher class boys would get this kind of job. So his father probably got him this job because his father had been a royal tax collector. So he had connections in the royal court. So Chaucer's first job was.
When he's just a teenager, about 14 or 15, he pops up in the accounts of Elizabeth de Boer, Countess of Ulster, who is the daughter-in-law of the king. So the daughter-in-law of Edward III, she was married to Prince Lionel. So a pageboy is, I mean, he would have done a bit of kind of errand running and things like that.
Mutta sinÀ olet myös yksityiskohtaisen aristokraattisen kaupungin jÀsen. Mutta sinÀ olet ainoastaan yksityiskohtaisen kaupungin jÀsen. Mutta sinÀ olet ainoastaan yksityiskohtaisen aristokraattisen kaupungin jÀsen.
EhkÀ, kyllÀ, Philippa de Roé. Rekordissa on tarkoitus, ettÀ hÀn oli yhteydessÀ samaan ryhmÀÀn, joten emme ole varmoja, mutta hÀn todennÀköisesti tapahtui hÀnelle. Ja hÀn oli hieman parempi kuin hÀn. HÀnillÀ on yksi yksi yksi yksi yksi yksi yksi yksi yksi yksi yksi yksi yksi yksi yksi
MielestÀni tÀmÀ on todella mielenkiintoista tutkijanlaista ajattelua, koska se on ajattelussa, ja ihmiset yleensÀ toivovat, ettÀ ensimmÀinen rekordi voi liittyÀ jotain pohjaltaan. Mutta toivottavasti se on todella frivillinen suunnitelma. Se on suunnitelma hÀnen suunnitelmansa, hÀnen kloosansa. TÀmÀ on, missÀ on nÀyttelijÀt, joita Greg mainitsi aiemmin.
So the record is simply that Elizabeth de Boer bought him these clothes. She buys him a poltok with these two-coloured hose, like these leggings, and some shoes. And chroniclers in the early 1360s start to write about the fact that young men are going about wearing these clothes and that they are very tight and short and are exposing their genitals and buttocks inappropriately.
So essentially the whole household went to war. So by this point he seems to be working for Lionel, Elizabeth's husband. And so the princes are all going to war. They take their retinues with them. And so the Hundred Years' War, which actually was longer than a hundred years. It's 116 years. So it's supposed to start 1337, finish 1453. Chaucer's over there 1359, 1360. He does get captured, does he? Yes.
I mean, so we see him just afterwards carrying letters, and I think that was what he was better at, you know, across his life. Soldier, what do you excel at? I'm really quite good at delivering letters. Exactly. I mean, across his life, we do see him occasionally in these fighting situations, but much more commonly we see him doing things like diplomacy, secret business of the king, carrying letters, peace treaties. That's more his thing.
Mutta sitten me itse asiassa emme nÀe hÀnet rekordissa useita vuosia. Joten 1360 ja 1366 me emme ole varmoja, mitÀ hÀn tekee. HÀn teki jotain, mitÀ tehtiin toisissa rojallisissa kaupungeissa, kuten hÀn oli ollut Elisabethin ja Lionelin kanssa. HÀn lÀhti Elisabethin ja Lionelin kappaleeseen. HÀn on nyt tullut itselleen.
So he's married to Philippa de Rohe. They were married till the late 80s when she dies. They had at least three children. And when he's in royal service, he's getting an annuity from the king, also from other people at various times. He's also paid in wine. So he gets a pitcher of wine a day, which later on becomes a ton of wine a year, which is something like 252 gallons. He probably didn't drink all that. He was probably giving it out to people. But, you know, wine is an ongoing thread. Pitcher a day.
HÀn tietÀÀ kieltÀ. Jokainen koulutettu ihminen on tÀllÀ hetkellÀ trilinguaalinen. HÀn tietÀÀ myös italiasta, jota hÀn olisi varmasti ottanut kaikkiin pankkeihin ja piirreihin Vintry Wardissa, koska hÀnellÀ oli merkintÀlÀinen taustaa. Aristokraatit ovat paljon vÀhemmÀn todennÀköisiÀ italiasta. HÀn oli italiasta, joten hÀn oli varmasti ottanut italiasta. HÀn on ainoa, joka tietÀÀ italiasta. Silloin hÀn ottaa italiasta ja lukee Dantea, Boccaccioa, Petrarcha.
Oletko koskaan kuullut John Gawnta, Mike? En usko, ettÀ olen kuullut. HÀn on yksi nÀistÀ isoista nimeistÀ edellisestÀ historiasta, joista ei kukaan tiedÀ, kuka hÀn on, mutta he tietÀvÀt, ettÀ hÀn on kaunis. Kuka on John Gawnta ja miksi hÀn on tÀrkeÀ Chaucerille? John Gawnt on edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen edellisen
Blanche's death was the occasion of Chaucer's first poem that we know about. The Book of the Duchess was about Blanche's death. John of Gaunt then made another important marriage to someone called Constance of Castile, the daughter of the king of Castile. But the person he loved was Catherine Swinford.
Katherine Swinford was Chaucer's sister-in-law, and that probably encouraged John of Gaunt to help Chaucer. He helped him get lots of jobs. He was the one in charge when Chaucer got his apartment in London, his job at the customs office. He kept on favouring him. You said the Book of the Duchess is Chaucer's first poem.