Slide 1 { The Canterbury Tales Slide 2 Chaucer Late 1300s: a period of social crisis and change – The Plague killed 1/3-1/2 of the population between 1348 and 1350 Slide…
PowerPoint Presentation Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343-1400 Considered the father of English poetry Wrote in the vernacular – common language of the people (English) Served as…