ENGL 406 Lecture Notes - Courtly Love, Geoffrey Chaucer, Austrian Schilling
5 Sep 2013
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Chaucer the pilgrim, from the ellesmere ms (manuscript) f. 153v. Potrait of chaucer from thomas hoccleve"s (c. 1368-1450) regiment of princes. Chaucer is what people think about when they think of medieval period: paradox have little information about chaucer the man and the poet; have lots of information about chaucer the public servant. Little info on his personality and his poetry/poems. There were lots of wars going on during this time: war with the welsh, also the 100 year war with france. If the king isn"t always going to be the king, then a serf doesn"t always have to be a serf. Plague played important role: because of the erosion of the working class, peasants could argue for better wages, etc. New tax followed the poor tax: was a schilling per head, resulted in revolt. Rebelled against people that they thought should be protecting them; ex.
