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Ariel Carrico & Eryn Faught Born: 1343 Died: 1400 Often called the father of English poetry. author, philosopher, alchemist and astronomer Wrote The Canterbury Tales (1387- 1400) Born into a middle-class family. Family had enough money to put him through school. (Legal Training) Became very prominent in his government careers. • Awarded numerous times for the services to the Crown. • Sent to Europe on many occasions as the King’s ambassador. Married and had at least two children. Chaucer was born in the early 1340’s, not long after the beginning of the Hundred Year’s War. During his time, the languages of literature, science, diplomacy, and religion were still Latin and French. Before Chaucer, people felt that English were pretty much for the poor. The Book of the Duchess, the House of Fame, The Legend of Good Women Troilus and Criseyde He is best known today for The Canterbury Tales Written at the end of the 14th century Uses the tales and the descriptions of its characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society The Church Built around the frame tale Frame tale: common and already long established genre of its period Chaucer describes, not the tales to be told, but the people who will tell them The Hundred Year’s War. (1337-1453) The Black Death wipes out one third of the population of England. (1348-1349) The Great Schism: Split between the Eastern and Western Christian Churches. Chaucer became widely known widely known in his government career and was important enough that the king contributed to his ransom when he was captured in France while serving as a soldier during the Hundred Years’ War. Likely influenced by the poems of Dante and Petrarch after traveling to Italy in 1372 and 1378. Worked as a translator of old literature. First poet buried in Poet’s Corner in Westminster Abbey. As recognition of his poetry, Edward III granted Chaucer “A gallon of wine daily for the rest of his life” There’s also crater on the far side of the moon named for Chaucer. Though Chaucer died in 1400, more than 600 years ago, he has more than 11,900 fans on Facebook.