“The Canterbury Tales,” written by Geoffrey Chaucer, was the first book to be printed in English in England, said Andrew Julo, director and curator of the center. It is not an easy rea ...

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Scholars criticize the move as an ‘attempt to censor Christian beliefs’ and a ‘failure to understand…Western literary ...

So in his Prioresse’s Tale Geoffrey Chaucer ended his version of one of the best-known stories of the Middle Ages. “In 1255,” according to contemporary Chronicler Matthew Paris ...

This study demonstrates how Geoffrey Chaucer, William Langland ... to English literary history through well-chosen and deftly analyzed examples. One of the book's greatest strengths is its vigorous, ...

Chaucer's coat of arms is painted twice on the monument ... for earthly glories die away, read this monument". Geoffrey's son Thomas died in 1434 and is buried in Ewelme Church in Oxfordshire with his ...

This study demonstrates how Geoffrey Chaucer, William Langland ... to English literary history through well-chosen and deftly analyzed examples. One of the book's greatest strengths is its vigorous, ...