“The Father of English Literature”

Diego Urra Díaz, Pedagogía en Inglés, Universidad Pedro de Valdivia.

Biography

Called “The Father of The English Literature”.

Author of ”The Canterbury Tales”

Biography

Birth: Circa 1340.

Death: October 25, 1400.

Son of a prosperous wine merchant .

Biography

1357: Chaucer became a public servant to Countess Elizabeth of Ulster

1359 – 1360: Went to France to fight in the 100 years’ war, where he was captured for ransom.

The King Edward III paid his ransom.

He’s sent for several missions to France, Spain and Italy.

Biography

1366: He get married Philippa Roet Philippa Roet: lady-in-waiting in

the queen’s household, daughter of Sir Payne Roet, and a sister of Katherine Swynford, the future third wife of John of Gaunt. )

20 June 1367: King Edward III had made Chaucer one of his esquires

Biography

1380s: Chaucer was appointed a justice of the peace for Kent.

August 1386: He became knight of the shire for Kent.

1387: Philippa, Chaucer's wife, is presumed to have died.

In 1400: Chaucer disappears from the historical record, and is thought to have died soon after. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.

Works

Circa 1387: Parlement of Foules

1370: was published the first work of Chaucer The Book of the Duchess

In the mid-1380s: Troilus and Crysseide

Canterbury Tales It’s Chaucer's magnum opus.

Written at the end of the 14th century

The tales are part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.

Poets Corner

W e s t m i n s t e r A b b e y

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• http://www.poemhunter.com/geoffrey-chaucer/biography/ • http://www.online-literature.com/chaucer/ • http://www.biography.com/people/geoffrey-chaucer-9245691#death-

&awesm=~oATjyTs4WIhc1q • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/chaucer_geoffrey.shtml • http://www.allreadable.com/vid/geoffery-chaucer-the-founder-of-our-language-

268137.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canterbury_Tales • http://www.gradesaver.com/the-canterbury-tales/study-guide/short-summary/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poets'_Corner

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