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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer. 1343 - 1400. Life and Works. Life. London 1343 Oxford & Cambridge The Hundred Year’s War French’s court (1360) Travels (Italy, Spain, Flanders) Comptroller of the Customs (1347) Marries Philippa Roet 1386 The Canterbury Tales

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Geoffrey Chaucer

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  1. Geoffrey Chaucer 1343 - 1400 Life and Works

  2. Life • London 1343 • Oxford & Cambridge • The Hundred Year’s War • French’s court (1360) • Travels (Italy, Spain, Flanders) • Comptroller of the Customs (1347) • Marries Philippa Roet • 1386 The Canterbury Tales • Clerk of the king’s works at Westminster (1389) • He died in London in 1400.

  3. Life Travels: -France-Spain-Flanders -Italy

  4. Life

  5. Literary Production The French period: • The Romaunt of the Rose • The Book of the Duchess

  6. Literary Production The Italian Period: • The House of Fame • The Parliament of Foules • The Legend of Good Women • Troilus and Criseyde

  7. Literary Production English Period: The Canterbury Tales • Long composition • It’s a collection of stories in verses • Middle English

  8. Literary Production • Other Works: • Anelida and Arcite • Treatise On The Astrolabe

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