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He was an English writer and poet, known above all for being the author of the Canterbury Tales. He is considered the most important English poet of the Middle Ages.
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The first of his works appears in 1357 in the family accounts of Isabel de Burgh, Countess of Ulster, when he is cited as his page, something he achieved thanks to his father's connections.
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The first of the data appears in 1357 in the family accounts of Isabel de Burgh, something that she got thanks to her father's connections.
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He was captured, and King Edward paid £ 16 for his rescue,
a considerable sum in those days. -
he was captured, and King Edward paid £ 16 for his rescue, a considerable sum in those days.
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About 1366 Chaucer married Philippa Roet, lady of company of Queen Felipa de Henao.
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About 1366 Chaucer married Philippa Roet, lady of company of Queen Felipa de Henao
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He became a member of the Court of Edward III as a camera assistant or Yeoman on June 20, 1367.
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He became a member of the Court of Edward III as a camera assistant or Yeoman on June 20, 1367.
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The Duchess's book in honor of Blanca de Lancaster, first wife of Juan de Ghent, who died of plague in 1369.
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Then Chaucer traveled to Picardy the following year as part of a military expedition and also visited Genoa and Florence in
1373, in Italy he met Petrarca or Boccaccio and that one of these introduced him to medieval Italian poetry. -
Chaucer obtained the well-paid job of Comptroller of the Customs of the Port of London on June 8, 1374.
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It is believed that he began working on the Canterbury Tales in the early 1380s
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On July 12, 1389 Chaucer was appointed master of works of the king, a kind of foreman who organized most of his construction projects.
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Chaucer concluded the Canterbury Tales sometime towards the end of the 1390s.
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It is believed that he could have died from unknown causes at present on October 25, 1400.
