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Chaucer 1340-1400 : the life and times of the first English poet / Richard West.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Carroll & Graf, c2002.Description: xvii, 302 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0786709251
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 829 WES
Contents:
1. Canterbury Pilgrims -- 2. Edward III goes to War -- 3. The Rise of the English Merchants -- 4. The Black Death: Chaucer and the Jews -- 5. The Black Death: Why it was Soon Forgotten -- 6. Chaucer as Schoolboy and Soldier -- 7. The Romance of the Rose -- 8. Chaucer in Florence -- 9. Chaucer in Lombardy -- 10. Wyclif and the Friars -- 11. The Peasants' Revolt -- 12. Troilus: War and Chivalry -- 13. Troilus: Chaucer and the Novel -- 14. The Knight's Tale -- 15. The Wife of Bath on Women and Marriage -- 16. A Trueborn Englishman.
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."--BOOK JACKET.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Books Hamu Mukasa Library Open Access / General collection; Level 2 829 WES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 115249

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Canterbury Pilgrims -- 2. Edward III goes to War -- 3. The Rise of the English Merchants -- 4. The Black Death: Chaucer and the Jews -- 5. The Black Death: Why it was Soon Forgotten -- 6. Chaucer as Schoolboy and Soldier -- 7. The Romance of the Rose -- 8. Chaucer in Florence -- 9. Chaucer in Lombardy -- 10. Wyclif and the Friars -- 11. The Peasants' Revolt -- 12. Troilus: War and Chivalry -- 13. Troilus: Chaucer and the Novel -- 14. The Knight's Tale -- 15. The Wife of Bath on Women and Marriage -- 16. A Trueborn Englishman.

"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."--BOOK JACKET.

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