Chaucer, Two Planets, and the Moon

Author / Editor
Weitzenhoffer, Kenneth.

Title
Chaucer, Two Planets, and the Moon

Published
Sky and Telescope 69 (1985): 278-81.

Description
In late November, 1984, Jupiter, Venus, and the crescent moon were in the same configuration Chaucer may have seen May 12,1385, and mentioned in TC 3, associated with the torrential downpour. The terminus a quo for TC 3 is 1385.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.