Geoffrey Chaucer 13431400 · Son of a wealthy London wine merchant. · Served as a page in the royal household while in his early teens. · Was married to on of the Queen's ladiesinwaiting Philippa Roet. · Worked as the Controller of Customs in London, Justice of Peace in Kent and Clerk of the King's Works. · Was buried in Westminster Abbey. Chaucer's poetry Poetry generally divided into three periods: 1. The French period:
Starting with the Roman invasion in the 5th century, he recorded the history of the English up to his own day Old English Cædmon ,,The Father of English Hymn" Cædmon's Hymn is the oldest recorded Old English poem, and also one of the oldest surviving samples of Germanic alliterative verse The Hymn itself was composed between 658 and 680, recorded in the earlier part of the 8th century Middle English Geoffrey Chaucer 13431400 Known as the ,,Father of English literature", the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages An author, philosopher, alchemist and astronomer, diplomat Wrote The Book of the Duchess, the House of Fame, the Legend of Good Women and Troilus and Criseyde Best known today for "The Canterbury Tales" Crucial figure in developing the legitimacy of the vernacular, Middle English, at a time when the dominant literary languages in England were French Modern English William Shakespeare
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