Medieval literature
End of the period:1470s chancery standard(regulating english) and onset of renaissance
Middle English literature
Written in many dialects in early period
14th century Middle english was used for majority literary works-known poets Chaucer,
Langland
Standardization-printing from 1470
Geoffrey Chaucer
13401400
London
1357 public servant
1359 fought in the war
1360 diplomatic career
1366 married Philippa Roet
1368 King Edward ssquire
1370-87 diplomatic missions
1391%Gardenerof King´s park
Rests in Poets Corner Westminster Abbey
Chaucer works
Parlement of Foules
Troilus and Criseyde
The Legend of Good Women
A Treatise on the Astrolabe
Canterbury tales
Canterbury tales
The goal 120 stories
The reality 24 stories%
Satirical and witty tales written in decasyllable lines
Critical account on
Chaucer's England
Framework:pilgrims telling stories on their way to Canterbury
The context and messages of the tales
Corrupt clergy,general
Distrust in the Church