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Geoffry Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Impressions and Observations from Our Class (A Work in Progress)

(Bruce Alexander) Lived 1343-1400. Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London, England. His name is of French origin and meant shoemaker. He was the son of a wine merchant and his wife Agnes. Not much is known about Geoffrey's education but through his work it shows he knew how to read Italian, French and Latin. - Alana Gray Geoffrey Chaucer died on October 25, 1400 in London, England. He was buried in a Westminster Abbey, which was later named Poet's Corner, because of him. Later in 1555, a monument was built for him. Geoffrey Chaucer made a crucial difference to English literature when he wrote his poems in English while most literature was written in Anglo-Norman or Latin. (Katie Marshburn) He was also very well educated. He studied law at the Inner Temple in London. -Lakhvir Atwal In 1359-1360 Chaucer traveled to France with Edward III's army during the Hundred Years' War. Chaucer was captured in the Ardennes and returned to England after the treaty of Brétigny in 1360. Chaucer was valued as a skilled professional soldier that his ransom, £16, then a tidy sum, was paid by his friends and King Edward. -Luis Atala Geoffry Chaucer impacted the english language. He written the Canterbury Tales at the beginning of english literature.
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Geoffery Chaucer never actually completed The Canterbury Tales, and the order the tales go in might not even be the actual order Chaucer intended them to be in. - Krystin Chiancone
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Geoffrey Chauncer's literary work was heavily influencedby events that occured around him. //The Book of the Duchess// was heavily influenced by the death of the duchess of Lancaster, Blanche. - Jaspreeti Singh

Chaucer did not begin working on //The Canterbury Tales// until he was in his early 40s - Bruce Alexander


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Geoffrey Chaucer Was an English poet who is famous for writting the Canterbury Tales for the 15th century.Chaucer was made justice for peace and was also a clerk of works for royal palaces. Pollard, A.W. "Geoffrey Chaucer." //Encyclopedia Britannica//. 11thEd. V1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1910. Web. .
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