Geoffrey Chaucer

1340 - 1400

Titles on this disk:

• author: The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, vol. 1 (Romaunt of the Rose, Minor Poems)
• author: The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, vol. 2 (Boethius, Troilus)
• author: The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, vol. 3 (House of Fame, Legend of Good Women, Treatise on Astrolabe, Sources of Canterbury Tales)
• author: The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, vol. 4 (The Canterbury Tales)
• author: The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, vol. 5 (Notes to the Canterbury Tales)
• author: The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, vol. 7 (Supplement: Chaucerian and Other Pieces)

About this person:

Chaucer was born in London and is often considered the father of English literature and the best English poet before Shakespeare. Chaucer spent his life at court, serving three successive English monarchs: Edward III (r. 1327-1377), Richard II (r. 1377-1399), and Henry IV (r. 1399-1413). In his official capacity Chaucer went on several diplomatic missions and in Italy was introduced to the works of Boccaccio, Dante, Petrarch, and Boethius, which influenced his own work in both form and content.