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29 de abr. de 2019 · Geoffrey Chaucer (l. c. 1343-1400 CE) was a medieval English poet, writer, and philosopher best known for his work The Canterbury Tales, a masterpiece of world literature. The Canterbury Tales is a work of poetry featuring a group of pilgrims from different social classes on a journey to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket in Canterbury who agree ...
About Sir Thomas Chaucer, M.P. He was Speaker of the English House of Commons on three occasions. He was also a poet and administrator. He was Chief Butler of England for almost 30 years, attended 15 parliaments and was Speaker of the House 5 times, a feat not surpassed until the 18th century. He married heiress Maud Burghersh around 1395 and ...
Champhered inscription not rubbed." From the catalogue, An Exhibition of Medieval Brass Rubbings by Kathleen H. Cairns: "Thomas Chaucer, 1434, Esquire, Lord of the Manor and patron of the church. In complete plate or Lancastrian armor. With his widow, Maud, daughter and co-heir of John Burghersh of Ewelme, 1436. She wears the dress of a widow."
30 de may. de 2024 · Written at the end of his life, The Canterbury Tales is Geoffrey Chaucer’s best-known work. It is a collection of 24 stories told by a group of 30 pilgrims who travel from Southwark to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Thomas Beckett. Chaucer did not complete the work before he died.
Thomas Chaucer. 1 reference. retrieved. 7 August 2020. WeRelate person ID. Thomas_Chaucer_(1) 0 references. WikiTree person ID. Chaucer-2. subject named as.
The Canterbury Tales, frame story by Geoffrey Chaucer, written in Middle English in 1387–1400. The framing device for the collection of stories is a pilgrimage to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury, Kent. The 30 pilgrims who undertake the journey gather at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, across the Thames from London.
Alice Chaucer. Alice de la Pole 1. The only child and heir of Thomas Chaucer, Alice’s career illustrates just how far the Chaucers had risen in English society. Her first marriage to Sir John Phelip, whilst still a minor, lasted barely more than a year and was followed six years later by a second marriage to Thomas Montagu, Earl of Salisbury.
