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Philippa de Roet (also known as Philippa Pan or Philippa Chaucer; c. 1346 [1] – c. 1387) was an English courtier, the sister of Katherine Swynford (third wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster – a son of King Edward III) and the wife of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer.
Geoffrey Chaucer (/ ˈ tʃ ɔː s ər / CHAW-sər; c. 1343 – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. [1] He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". [2]
Thomas Chaucer (c. 1367 – 18 November 1434) was an English courtier and politician. The son of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer and his wife Philippa Roet , Thomas was linked socially and by family to senior members of the English nobility, though he was himself a commoner.
Perkyn is released by his master and moves in with a friend who also loves to drink, and whose wife is a shopkeeper whose real occupation is that of a prostitute. After the tale, The Host later calls upon the Cook for another, but he is too drunk [ 2 ] and, after he falls from his horse and is helped back up, the Manciple tells a tale.
Perrers is thought to have served as the prototype for Geoffrey Chaucer's Wife of Bath in The Canterbury Tales. [14] She was also a major patron of Chaucer. [ 15 ] [ clarification needed ] Her influence on literature may also have extended to William Langland 's Lady Mede in Piers Plowman . [ 16 ]
Geoffrey Deuel, an actor known for his work on television, including the beloved soap The Young and the Restless, and for playing Billy the Kid in John Wayne's Chisum, has died. He was 81. He was 81.
The Grammy winner welcomed daughter Hailie Jade in December 1995 with ex-wife Kim Scott. The former spouses tied the Eminem’s Family Guide in Photos: Meet His Children, Ex-Wife and Mother
Dorigen and Aurelius, from Mrs. Haweis's, Chaucer for Children (1877). Note the black rocks in the sea and the setting of the garden, a typical site for courtly love. "The Franklin's Tale" (Middle English: The Frankeleyns Tale) is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.