Before 'The Canterbury Tales,' Geoffrey Chaucer was a teenage fashion plate, prisoner of war, a traveler. We dig into a new biography.
Opening page of "The Wife of Bath's Prologue Tale," from the Ellesmere manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales." On 4th July, 1378, a bead-maker, Simon Wylde de Estland, robbed a haberdasher’s shop in London.
Chaucer evolved from a poet writing imitative dits amoureux to a poet of unprecedented innovation and power. His reading was exceptionally varied and he wrote in an extraordinary range of genres. He did all this while holding down numerous day jobs, travelling frequently, and living through events including the Rising of 1381, several parliamentary rebellions, and finally the usurpation of the throne.
"Back then, the English parliament was already different from others in Europe, because it included a House of Commons with real power, most importantly over taxation. In 1376, the Commons strengthened itself significantly by electing a Speaker, so that it could speak “with one voice” and not be divided or picked off by the more powerful Lords.
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