Geoffrey chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer was a famous medieval author. His best-known work, "The Canterbury Tales" was also his most controversial...

Guest blogger Joanna Walker unearths some buried treasures in the works of Geoffrey Chaucer.

A group of pilgrims bound for Canterbury Cathedral agree to pass the weary miles by taking turns at storytelling. The travelers?noble, coarse, jolly, and pious?offer a vibrant portrait of fourteenth-century English life. Their narratives form English literature's greatest collection of chivalric romances, bawdy tales, fables, legends, and other stories.The Canterbury Tales reflects a society in transition, as a middle class began to emerge from England's feudal system. Craftsmen and laborers…

Geoffrey Chaucer.

Born: c. 1343 London, United Kingdom Author, Poet Popular poems by Geoffrey Chaucer Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale, Book I [Excerpt] The Canterbury Tales; The Phisiciens Tale The Canterbury Tales; The Reves Tale The Canon's Yeoman's Tale The Canterbury Tales; The Wyves Tale Of Bathe The Canterbury Tales;The Knyghtes Tale To Rosemounde The Cook's Tale

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English poet Geoffrey Chaucer, known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages

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