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I n an early edition of Geoffrey Chaucer’s works, the editor Thomas Speght included the 14th-century poet’s family-tree. One branch, winding down the right-hand-side of the page, seems ...

Chaucer's coat of arms is painted twice on the monument ... for earthly glories die away, read this monument". Geoffrey's son Thomas died in 1434 and is buried in Ewelme Church in Oxfordshire with his ...

Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, written in the Middle Ages, is one of the first English literary works. An entertaining story involving Chaucer and 22 companions, who accompany him on a ...

The Lilly Library has a collection of culturally and historically significant documents, manuscripts, and books including ...

THE smell wafting from the pot decorated with edelweiss flowers is irresistible. Alplermagronen — a Swiss mac ‘n’ cheese — layers potatoes and pasta with velvety cream and melted cheese from cows ...

Geoffrey Chaucer’s framework narrative of a bunch of people headed to church while indulging in some zany, sexy stories of ...

Today is the most feared date in the entire calendar - the dreaded Friday the 13th, but what are the origins of the ...

Finding Beatles nostalgia in Liverpool, strolling the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Canterbury and crossing the Prime ...

Pitard, Derrick Simon-Jones, Lindsey and Twu, Krista Sue-Lo 2021. IV Chaucer. The Year's Work in English Studies, Vol. 100, Issue. 1, p. 289. Geoffrey Chaucer is widely acknowledged as the greatest ...

Geoffrey Chaucer’s framework narrative of a bunch of people headed to church while indulging in some zany, sexy stories of sin gets a broad, modern spin in ”The Canterbury Tales,” onstage at ...

Debuting in 2020, Riviera River Cruises' Geoffrey Chaucer will primarily sail the Danube, Rhine and Main rivers. Equipped with 88 staterooms, two dining venues and ample deck space, Riviera's ...