Geoffrey Chaucer
Born in the Middle Ages, Geoffrey Chaucer’s life was never fully pinpointed. He appears and then disappears in the records many times. Scholars have estimated his birth to be around the early 1340’s, but the true date of his birth will remain a mystery. During his youth, before he became a famous poet, he was very close to the royal family. Thus, he learned the difference in the classes of people well. He was more of silent person and mainly listened to the stories of others. He found them to be quite entertaining, and would eventually begin to write some of them down. Chaucer was able to capture the way people were and acted; but he did it in such a way that it would make the reader come up with his own assumption of the character. Chaucer wrote many famous poems. So many, that people have wrote many works just on one of his works. Geoffrey Chaucer, one of England’s greatest poets of the Medieval Period, can be described through his personal life, works, and The Canterbury Tales.
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It was not until 1357 that he was found in the records. He was very close to the royal family and friends with Prince Lionel, King Edward III’s son. Chaucer was not wealthy, however. He grew up a simple life in poverty. Prince Lionel would occasionally give him some clothes or things he needed. After Chaucer’s first appearance in the records, it was found that a couple years later that Chaucer went into the army. In the decade that followed, he worked close with the royal family, and then later became related to the royal family by though his wife’s