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Chaucer's Life,
career, masterpiece
 and Contribution

    presented by Amy
   Zhang 20094210408
   His family name derives from the French
    chausseur, meaning "shoemaker";

   Financially secure, if not elite.

   Agnes Copton, who, in 1349, inherited
    properties including 24 shops in London
    from her uncle, Hamo de Copton.
Life
   Around 1366, Chaucer married Philippa
    (de) Roet. She was a lady-in-waiting to
    Edward III's queen.
   It is uncertain how many children
    Chaucer and Philippa had, but three or
    four are most commonly cited.
   She is presumed to have died in 1387.
Major Works


Around this time, Chaucer is believed to
  have written The Book of the Duchess
  in honour of Blanche of Lancaster, the
  late wife of John of Gaunt, who died in
  1369.
Career
   Since Chaucer was a public servant, his
    official life is very well documented, with
    nearly five hundred written items
    testifying to his career. The first of the
    "Chaucer Life Records" appears in 1357,
    in the household accounts of Elizabeth
    de Burgh, the Countess of Ulster,
    when he became the noblewoman's
    page through his father's connections.
Career
   In 1359, in the early stages of the
    Hundred Years' War, Edward III invaded
    France and Chaucer travelled with Lionel
    of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence,
    Elizabeth's husband, as part of the
    English army. In 1360, he was captured
    during the siege of Rheims. Edward paid
    £ 16 for his ransom, a considerable
    sum, and Chaucer was released.
Career
   Chaucer travelled to Picardy the next
    year he was married as part of a military
    expedition in 1373.
   On this trip, he was introduced to
    medieval Italian poetry, the forms and
    stories of which he would use later.
Career
   His career as a writer was appreciated came when
    Edward III granted Chaucer "a gallon of wine daily for
    the rest of his life" in 1374.
   Chaucer obtained the very substantial job of Comptroller
    of the Customs for the port of London, which he began
    on 8 June 1374. He must have been suited for the role
    as he continued in it for twelve years, a long time in
    such a post at that time.
   While still working as comptroller, Chaucer appears to
    have moved to Kent, being appointed as one of the
    commissioners of peace for Kent, at a time when
    French invasion was a possibility. He also became a
    Member of Parliament for Kent in 1386.
Comptroller
Career
   His life goes
    undocumented for much
    of the next ten years, but
    it is believed that he wrote
    (or began) most of his
    famous works during this
    period. He is thought to
    have started work on The
    Canterbury Tales in the
    early 1380s.
Career
   On 12 July 1389, appointed the clerk. A sort of
    foreman organising most of the king's building
    projects. It may have been a difficult job, but it paid
    well: two shillings a day, more than three times his
    salary as a comptroller.
   Chaucer was also appointed keeper of the lodge at
    the King’s park in Feckenham, which was a largely
    honorary appointment.
   He was granted an annual pension of twenty
    pounds by Richard II in 1394.
    It is believed that Chaucer stopped work on the
    Canterbury Tales sometime towards the end of this
    decade.
Major Works

In 1378, Richard II sent Chaucer as an envoy
   (secret dispatch) to the Visconti and to Sir
   John Hawkwood in Milan.
It has been speculated that it was Hawkwood
   on whom Chaucer based his character the
   Knight in the Canterbury Tales.
Life

   It is believed that Chaucer stopped work on
    the Canterbury Tales sometime towards the
    end of this decade.
   In 1399, Chaucer's name fades from the
    historical record. The last few records of his
    life show his pension renewed by the new
    king, and his taking of a lease on a residence
    within the close of Westminster Abbey on 24
    December 1399.
The first poet to have been buried in
Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey.
Contribution
    The part played by Chaucer in the development of the English
    language has often been overrated.
   He neither corrupted it, as used to be said, by introducing French
    words which it would otherwise have avoided, nor bore any such part
    in fixing it as was afterwards played by the translators of the Bible.

   When he was growing up, educated society in England was still
    bilingual, and the changes in vocabulary and pronunciation which took
    place during his life were the natural results of a society, which had
    been bilingual with a bias towards French, giving an exclusive
    preference to English.
   Chaucer's service to the English language lies in his decisive success
    having made it impossible for any later English poet to attain fame, by
    writing alternatively in Latin and French.

   The claim which should be made for him is that, at least as regards
    poetry, he proved that English was "sufficient."
May He Rest In Peace

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Geoffrey chaucer

  • 1. Chaucer's Life, career, masterpiece and Contribution presented by Amy Zhang 20094210408
  • 2. His family name derives from the French chausseur, meaning "shoemaker";  Financially secure, if not elite.  Agnes Copton, who, in 1349, inherited properties including 24 shops in London from her uncle, Hamo de Copton.
  • 3. Life  Around 1366, Chaucer married Philippa (de) Roet. She was a lady-in-waiting to Edward III's queen.  It is uncertain how many children Chaucer and Philippa had, but three or four are most commonly cited.  She is presumed to have died in 1387.
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  • 5. Major Works Around this time, Chaucer is believed to have written The Book of the Duchess in honour of Blanche of Lancaster, the late wife of John of Gaunt, who died in 1369.
  • 6. Career  Since Chaucer was a public servant, his official life is very well documented, with nearly five hundred written items testifying to his career. The first of the "Chaucer Life Records" appears in 1357, in the household accounts of Elizabeth de Burgh, the Countess of Ulster, when he became the noblewoman's page through his father's connections.
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  • 8. Career  In 1359, in the early stages of the Hundred Years' War, Edward III invaded France and Chaucer travelled with Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Elizabeth's husband, as part of the English army. In 1360, he was captured during the siege of Rheims. Edward paid £ 16 for his ransom, a considerable sum, and Chaucer was released.
  • 9. Career  Chaucer travelled to Picardy the next year he was married as part of a military expedition in 1373.  On this trip, he was introduced to medieval Italian poetry, the forms and stories of which he would use later.
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  • 11. Career  His career as a writer was appreciated came when Edward III granted Chaucer "a gallon of wine daily for the rest of his life" in 1374.  Chaucer obtained the very substantial job of Comptroller of the Customs for the port of London, which he began on 8 June 1374. He must have been suited for the role as he continued in it for twelve years, a long time in such a post at that time.  While still working as comptroller, Chaucer appears to have moved to Kent, being appointed as one of the commissioners of peace for Kent, at a time when French invasion was a possibility. He also became a Member of Parliament for Kent in 1386.
  • 13. Career  His life goes undocumented for much of the next ten years, but it is believed that he wrote (or began) most of his famous works during this period. He is thought to have started work on The Canterbury Tales in the early 1380s.
  • 14. Career  On 12 July 1389, appointed the clerk. A sort of foreman organising most of the king's building projects. It may have been a difficult job, but it paid well: two shillings a day, more than three times his salary as a comptroller.  Chaucer was also appointed keeper of the lodge at the King’s park in Feckenham, which was a largely honorary appointment.  He was granted an annual pension of twenty pounds by Richard II in 1394.  It is believed that Chaucer stopped work on the Canterbury Tales sometime towards the end of this decade.
  • 15. Major Works In 1378, Richard II sent Chaucer as an envoy (secret dispatch) to the Visconti and to Sir John Hawkwood in Milan. It has been speculated that it was Hawkwood on whom Chaucer based his character the Knight in the Canterbury Tales.
  • 16. Life  It is believed that Chaucer stopped work on the Canterbury Tales sometime towards the end of this decade.  In 1399, Chaucer's name fades from the historical record. The last few records of his life show his pension renewed by the new king, and his taking of a lease on a residence within the close of Westminster Abbey on 24 December 1399.
  • 17. The first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey.
  • 18. Contribution  The part played by Chaucer in the development of the English language has often been overrated.  He neither corrupted it, as used to be said, by introducing French words which it would otherwise have avoided, nor bore any such part in fixing it as was afterwards played by the translators of the Bible.  When he was growing up, educated society in England was still bilingual, and the changes in vocabulary and pronunciation which took place during his life were the natural results of a society, which had been bilingual with a bias towards French, giving an exclusive preference to English.  Chaucer's service to the English language lies in his decisive success having made it impossible for any later English poet to attain fame, by writing alternatively in Latin and French.  The claim which should be made for him is that, at least as regards poetry, he proved that English was "sufficient."
  • 19. May He Rest In Peace