Geoffrey Chaucer
Diplomatic missions
Kent representative in Parliament
esquire royal court
customs controller London port
Hundred Years' War
Hundred Years' War (1337-1453)
English literature
he was able to
one of the first English poet to be known by name
his language gradually became standard English
the basis of Modern English
His father was a merchant
an excellent education
Dante
Petrarch
Boccaccio
served three kings
Richard II
Edward III
Henry IV
Sottoargomento
1343-1400