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- Chaucer were not only write books.
- He worked for the king, travelled a lot, and take part in important events.
- By the time he became a well-known writer, he had already travelled to several European countrys.
- When he was still young, he joined a military campaign at France.
- During the war, he did captured by the enemy, but later the English king paid money for his release.
- While Chaucer was travelling across Europe, he meet many people and heard many stories.
- Chaucer's books has influenced English literature for centuries, and his work remains relevant to this day.
- He is best known of The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by travellers on a journey.
- The stories were wrote in Middle English, the language people actually spoke at that time.
- So, they were easy for common people to understand than Latin or French texts.
- There are not much examples of pure tragedy in Chaucer's works, as most of his stories mix humour with serious themes.
- This sense of humour helped his characters feel real and close with everyday life.
- For many years, people have enjoyed Chaucer's works, and they are still so popular as they were in the past.