Bibliograph

Chaucer, 1340-1400, the life and times of the first English poet, Richard West

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Chaucer, 1340-1400, the life and times of the first English poet, Richard West

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chaucer, 1340-1400

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

45145424

Responsibility statement

Richard West

Review

"Richard West weaves a fascinating picture of an age in his quest to reveal the nature of this extraordinary man, whose own character has always puzzled lovers of his comic masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales. As a child he survived the Black Death, later he fought in France during the Hundred Years War, served as a diplomat in Italy during the turmoil leading up to the papal schism, and became a Member of Parliament at the angry beginnings of the Protestant Reformation, the bloody Peasants' Revolt and the overthrow and murder of Richard II. The book begins and ends in Canterbury, the scene of Becket's martyrdom and a focal point of English history for more than two thousand years."--Jacket

Sub title

the life and times of the first English poet

resource.variantTitle

Chaucer

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