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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.
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- Alice de la Pole
- Matilda Chaucer (née Burghersh)
- Oxfordshire
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 .
- aprox. 1343
- Inglês
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.
- What did Geoffrey Chaucer do for a living?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...
- What is Geoffrey Chaucer known for?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...
- What is The Canterbury Tales?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...
1366 Death of John Chaucer, Chaucer's father. 1367 Birth of Chaucer's son, Thomas. 1367 Chaucer serves as a valettus and later as a squire in the court of Edward III; granted a payment of 20 marks per annum for life. 1368 Chaucer travels to the continent (France probably) on "the King's service."
26 de mar. de 2024 · Probably influenced by French syllable-counting in versification, Chaucer developed for The Canterbury Tales a line of 10 syllables with alternating accent and regular end rhyme—an ancestor of the heroic couplet. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Adam Augustyn.
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See Life of Chaucer and the Chronology of Chaucer's Life and Times.
Geoffrey Chaucer foi um influente poeta e escritor do século XIV, conhecido por sua obra-prima “Os Contos de Canterbury”. Nascido em Londres por volta de 1343, Chaucer teve um impacto significativo na evolução da língua inglesa ao longo dos séculos.
