The life of Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1340-1400), often labeled “the father of English poetry,” ought to be an open book: He is mentioned almost 500 times in contemporary records, far more than ...

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Two scholars have made new conclusions about a sermon from the late 12th century, which reframes some confusing references, made by the 14th century English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. And now for a tale ...

TROILUS & CRESSIDA — Geoffrey Chaucer; Englished anew by George Philip Krapp—Random House ($3.50). Geoffrey Chaucer (circa 1340-1400), whom posterity has agreed to call a pretty poet, has had his ups ...

On Oct. 25, 1400, author Geoffrey Chaucer died in London. In 1701 a city charter was granted to Philadelphia. In 1892 President Benjamin Harrison’s wife, Caroline Lavinia, died in the White House. She ...

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Before "The Canterbury Tales," Geoffrey Chaucer was a teenage fashion plate, prisoner of war, a traveler. We dig into a new biography. On 4th July, 1378, a bead-maker, Simon Wylde de Estland, robbed a ...