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Geoffrey Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales. Joonas Vangonen. Born in 1343 in London English author , poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Took part in the Hundred Years War One of the first authors to write in English Was married to Philippa de Roet.

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Geoffrey Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales

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  1. Geoffrey Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales Joonas Vangonen

  2. Born in 1343 in London • English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. • Took part in the Hundred Years War • One of the first authors to write in English • Was married to Philippa de Roet

  3. Did most of his writing between 1369 and 1393 • Comptroller of the Customs for the Port of London • Died at St.Mary's Chapel at Westminster on October 25, 1400 • Buried in Westminster Abbey

  4. The Canterbury Tales • One of the first books ever to be written in English • About the journey of pilgrims • Chaucer planned to write 120 tales, but managed to complete only 24

  5. Chaucer began to write the stories in the 1380s • Two of the stories are written in prose and the others in verse • Characters from different classes: a knight, a cook, a sailor, a farmer etc.

  6. A scene from the prologue of “The Canterbury Tales” by Edward Henry Corbould

  7. Thank You for Your attention!

  8. Used sources: • http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/chaucer.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Chaucer • http://www.rossettiarchive.org/img/op44.jpg • http://www.rossettiarchive.org/img/op44.jpg • http://web2.slc.qc.ca/psavard/images/Geoffrey_Chaucer.jpg • http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/

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