AGES ERA PERIOD
THE RENAISSANCE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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beating a friar in a London street
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for writing poetry against the church
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for crossing the border of Great Britain
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none of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Chaucer does not appear in any contemporary record during 1361–65. He was probably in the king’s service, but he may have been studying law-not unusual preparation for public service, then as now-since a 16th-century report implies that, while so engaged, he was fined for beating a Franciscan friar in a London street.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to the legend on his tomb in Westminster Abbey, the poet died on October 25, 1400. During 1359 to 1360, Chaucer served with the English army in France and was taken prisoner near Reims.
Detailed explanation-3: -Geoffrey Chaucer is considered by many to be the Father of English Literature and the greatest poet of the Middle Ages. Born around 1343, he’s most famous for The Canterbury Tales, a series of stories (mostly in verse) based around a group of pilgrims travelling to the shrine of Thomas Becket.
Detailed explanation-4: -His use of English in his poetry helped to establish Middle English vernacular as the mainstream language of the day, replacing Latin and French and in doing so, paving the way for other literary greats such as Shakespeare.
Detailed explanation-5: -One of the reasons Chaucer is so important is that he made the decision to write in English and not French. In the centuries following the Norman invasion, French was the language spoken by those in power. The Canterbury Tales was one of the first major works in literature written in English.