The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer. Early Life Born c. 1340 Family of wine makers and merchants Mid-teens –Placed in the service of the Countess of.
Canterbury Cathedral “ There is no lovelier place in the world than Canterbury” -Virginia Woolf.
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) Son of a merchant, page in a royal house, soldier, diplomat, and royal clerk The.
Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales
Emergence of Order After the fall of Rome in Europe
Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales. Early Life born c. 1340 son of a prosperous wine merchant learned Latin, Greek, French, and Italian