Read the first two sections on this site about Geoffrey Chaucer. Remember that his influence over our language brought him the title "the father of the English language." He was the first poet buried at Westminster as he had been a clerk at the palace. The tradition of burying literary giants in this location began after Chaucer's burial there.
Read the "Burials and Memorials" section of this page. Click on the pictures on the right side of this page enlarging them for your viewing.
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Do activity #3 on page 466.
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Write the following history cards for lessons 78 and 79. Lastly, read lesson 81 on Joan of Arc!
JOHN WYCLIFFE, "MORNING STAR OF THE REFORMATION" 78
(1377)
A scholar of Oxford University in England, John Wycliffe spoke openly against the abusive teachings and behaviors of the Roman Church and of priests who followed her. Wycliffe exhorted them all to return to the authority of God's written Word. He and his followers, the Lollards, then translated the Latin Bible into English and made copies of these Scriptures. Bible preachers could then study, teach, and share God's written Word with all English speaking people.
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Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales 79
(1387)
Geoffrey Chaucer's famous Canterbury Tales portrays real life in the Middle Ages although it is a fiction work. The tales are in poetic form and number 17,000 lines! Though Chaucer is the author of all the tales, the poem presents them as if each of the common people on their pilgrimage to Canterbury (where Thomas a Becket was buried) are telling the tales to make the time pass more entertainingly. Through this work, Chaucer poked fun at human flaws. Geoffrey Chaucer became known as "the father of the English language."
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