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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 ...

The young Canterbury Tales author was paraded by his employer in scandalously tight outfits, says Oxford academic Marion Turner He may be revered as the father of English literature, but Geoffrey ...

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"Now I beg all those that listen to this little treatise [Canterbury Tales], or read it, that if there be anything in it that pleases them, they thank our Lord Jesus Christ for it, from whom proceeds ...

A new exhibition in Oxford charts the different ways the great Medieval poet has been interpreted by readers down the centuries Husbands and fathers are never humiliated in these copies of The ...

Geoffrey Chaucer was born in the Middle Ages between 1340 and 1345, probably in London, although the precise date and location remain unknown. His father and grandfather were prosperous wine merchants ...

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 ...