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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer. (1343-1400) Connor Rudge. Early Life. Born in 1343 to John Chaucer and Agnes Copton First “Chaucer Life Record” (of 500+ known) was household accounts of Elizabeth de Burgh, the Countess of Ulster (wife of Lionel, Duke of Clarence)

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Geoffrey Chaucer

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  1. Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) Connor Rudge

  2. Early Life • Born in 1343 to John Chaucer and Agnes Copton • First “Chaucer Life Record” (of 500+ known) was household accounts of Elizabeth de Burgh, the Countess of Ulster (wife of Lionel, Duke of Clarence) • Became the noblewoman’s page through his father’s connections (Aquired large amount of storefronts from marrying Agnes; said to be “moneyer” at the Tower of London

  3. Cont. • the position brought the teenage Chaucer into the close court circle, where he remained for the rest of his life. • Also worked as a courtier, a diplomat, and a civil servant, and worked fro the King collecting and sorting scrap metal.

  4. Family • MarrriedPhillipa (de) Roet in 1366 • Unknown how many children they had • Believed to be 3 or 4 • Thomas • Elizabeth • Agnes • Lewis

  5. Life Cont. • Chaucer studied law in the Inner Court. • He became a member of the royal court of Edward III as a varlet de chambre, yeoman, or esquire on 20 June 1367 • Believed to have wrote Book of the Duchess around this time

  6. Literary Works • The Book of the Duchess • House of Fame • Legend of Good Women • Troilus and Criseyde • The Canterbury Tales • Anelida and Arcite • Ellesmere Manuscript

  7. Achievements • Author, philosopher, alchemist and astronomer, active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat • First person to be buried in Poet’s corner at Westminster Abbey • Created and used “Modern English Vernacular”

  8. Sources • Skeat (1899); Vol. I, p. xvii. • Coulton, G. G. (2006). Chaucer and His England. Kessinger Publishing. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-4286-4247-8.

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