FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
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1400
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1066
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1336
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Canterbury Tales was one of the first major works in literature written in English. Chaucer began the tales in 1387 and continued until his death in 1400.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the 1380s Chaucer moved to the county of Kent on the southern coast of England, home to the town of Canterbury and its famous Cathedral, and began work on his Tales.
Detailed explanation-3: -The pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales start their journey together in south London and aim for Canterbury Cathedral, roughly seventy miles away. The Canterbury Cathedral houses the shrine of an English saint: Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, who was martyred in the 1100s.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Canterbury Tales (written c. 1388-1400 CE) is a medieval literary work by the poet Geoffrey Chaucer (l. c. 1343-1400 CE) comprised of 24 tales related to a number of literary genres and touching on subjects ranging from fate to God’s will to love, marriage, pride, and death.