Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer was the greatest writer during mid-fourteenth century. Chaucer, along with other poets, helped to establish English as the language of Britain with their work. Chaucer had a great impact with his writing. Chaucer was born in London, United Kingdom during the year 1343. His father was a prosperous wine merchant and served as a deputy to the king’s butler. Not much is known about Geoffrey’s early childhood and education. However, we can conclude that he could read French, Latin, and Italian due to some of his work. He served many positions during his lifetime. He served as a soldier, diplomat, administrator of wool exports, civil servant, and deputy forester. Chaucer joined the Edward III’s army by 1359. The English army invaded France during the Hundred Years’ War. This lead to him being captured during the failed siege of Reims and held prisoner. Fortunately, the king paid his ransom in 1360. “On February 22, 1366, the king of Navarre issued a certificate of safe-conduct for Chaucer, three companions, and their servants to enter Spain.” (Lumiansky, "Geoffrey Chaucer") This occurrence is the first of numerous diplomatic missions to Europe over the following 10 years. Chaucer apparently served as “chief of mission” during that period. Geoffrey married a…

Geoffrey Chaucer was known as the father of english liturture is considered the greatest english poet, of the middle ages and was known as the first poet to be buried in poets corner of West Abbey. When he achieved during his lifetime as an young author, astronomer and composing a scientific astrolabe for his ten year old son, Lewis. Chaucer also maintainned an active career in civil service as a bureaucrat and diplomat. His many works are books of duchess, house of fame, legend good women and…

Geoffrey Chaucer is an English poet born in 1340 in London, England. Chaucer's father was a prosperous wine merchant. In 1357, he became a servant to Countess Elizabeth, Countess of Ulster, who was the wife of Duke of Clarence. Chaucer continued in the English court throughout his lifetime. He died in October 25, 1400 in England and was buried in Westminster Abbey's poet's corner. We do not know exact details about Chaucer's education. However, it is believed that he had attended the St.…

The “Father of English Literature” Geoffrey Chaucer, born in London around 1343, was the first poet to be buried in the Poets’ Corner of Westminster Abbey and largely influenced literature since he was the first to introduce English in his work while other court poetry was still written in Latin or French. Geoffrey Chaucer was the son of John Chaucer, a London wine merchant, who grew up in an able and wealthy family. He began to write poetry in the 1360s, when England had a peace treaty with…

The Father of English literature, Geoffrey Chaucer, was born around the year 1340 in London, England. He was born into a wealthy family who acquired their money from the wine industry. In his early life, Chaucer attended the St. Paul’s Cathedral School as a student where he became familiarized with writing. His first position was when he was hired a public servant in the year 1357 to Countess Elizabeth of Ulster. During this time of his young childhood, he went off to fight in the Hundred…

In The Wife of Bath Tale, Geoffrey Chaucer portrays the Wife as a woman who contradicts with certain commands told by her husband. Her character and her beliefs correlate with the tale she tells through marriage, sovereignty, and virginity. In the Middle Ages, men were thought to have control over their wives from the sense of God. God made Adam and Eve so they could explore the perfection of Earth, love one another, and obey God’s teachings. However, they rebelled against God’s word when they…

in literature and characterized the medieval period. In the renowned British literature classic, The Canterbury Tales, written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the late 1300s, Chaucer follows a diverse group of pilgrims heading from London to Canterbury on a pilgrimage. Chaucer’s Knight is the first pilgrim listed and described as a highly admired figure in society.…

Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer uses thoughts and actions, to characterization of the Friar and the Monk to emphasize corruption in the Catholic Church. The monk is a religious character who is corrupt. Instead of reading on his cell, he prefers to go hunting. He also decides to wear decorative clothes instead of dressing in simple clothes. The Friar is another church member, who doesn’t follow the rules. The Friar seduces women, and tricks the wealthy into giving him their money. Instead of…

Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer tells of the journey of twenty-nine pilgrims to St. Thomas Becket of Canterbury’s shrine, in order to be healed. To pass the time, they all decide to have a competition and tell two stories on the way to and on the way back from Canterbury. Before telling their tale, the reader is introduced to each and every character and learn of the character’s background, social status, and overall appearance. Geoffrey Chaucer does the prior in order to give the reader an…

Humanity is defined as human beings or human beings collectively. It is also defined as humbleness or benevolence. How a person acts around others is dependant on their views of humanity. Looking at humanity as a whole, Geoffrey Chaucer asks “If gold rust, what then will iron do?/ For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust.” Chaucer is juxtaposing the status of a priest, which is considered as a holy man devoted to upholding the word of God, compared to…