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Thomas Chaucer (c. 1367 – 18 November 1434) was an English courtier and politician. The son of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer and his wife Philippa Roet , Thomas was linked socially and by family to senior members of the English nobility, though he was himself a commoner.
Chaucer retratado como peregrino no manuscrito Ellesmere dos "Contos". Existem atualmente 83 manuscritos medievais dos Contos, com textos mais ou menos completos. [ 3] . Esse grande número de manuscritos é evidência da grande popularidade da obra ao longo do século XV na Inglaterra.
Seu filho, Thomas Chaucer, teve uma carreira brilhante, como copeiro-mor de quatro reis, enviado à França, e Presidente da Câmara dos Comuns. A filha de Thomas, Alice, casou-se com o duque de Suffolk .
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. Learn more about The Canterbury Tales in this article.
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23 de abr. de 2024 · Geoffrey Chaucer, the outstanding English poet before Shakespeare. His The Canterbury Tales ranks as one of the greatest poetic works in English. He also contributed in the second half of the 14th century to the management of public affairs as courtier, diplomat, and civil servant.
- Geoffrey Chaucer is today one of the most highly regarded English poets, but during his lifetime his writing was largely subsidiary to his role in...
- Geoffrey Chaucer is considered one of the first great English poets. He is the author of such works as The Parlement of Foules, Troilus and Criseyd...
- 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...
Portrait of Chaucer from a 1412 manuscript by Thomas Hoccleve, who may have met Chaucer. Chaucer wrote in continental accentual-syllabic metre, a style which had developed in English literature since around the 12th century as an alternative to the alliterative Anglo-Saxon metre.
Thomas Chaucer was a prominent politician and administrator in the reigns of Henry IV and Henry V. He served as speaker of the House of Commons several times, held various offices in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and was the son of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer.
