Geoffrey Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales

Joonas Vangonen

Geoffrey Chaucer and the

Canterbury Tales

Born in 1343 in London

English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat.

Took part in the Hundred Years War

One of the first authors to write in English

Was married to Philippa de Roet

Did most of his writing between 1369 and 1393Comptroller of the Customs for the Port of

LondonDied at St.Mary's Chapel at Westminster on October 25, 1400Buried in Westminster Abbey

One of the first books ever to be written in English

About the journey of pilgrims

Chaucer planned to write 120 tales, but managed to complete only 24

The Canterbury Tales

Chaucer began to write the stories in the 1380s

Two of the stories are written in prose and the others in verse

Characters from different classes: a knight, a cook, a sailor, a farmer etc.

A scene from the prologue of “The Canterbury Tales” by Edward Henry Corbould

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