English Culture in the Fourteenth Century

Author / Editor
Coleman, Janet.

Title
English Culture in the Fourteenth Century

Published
Chaucer and the Italian Trecento (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983), pp. 33-63.

Description
English culture was shaped by widespread literacy, English nationalism and political unity, a common language and traditions, schools, study of Latin, biblical commentary, knowledge of the classics, the humanistic movement, travel, and foreign contact.

Alternative Title
Chaucer and the Italian Trecento.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.