The Historical Chaucer
- Author / Editor
- Du Boulay, F. R. H.
The Historical Chaucer
- Published
- Derek Brewer, ed. Geoffrey Chaucer. Writers and their Background (London: G. Bell, 1974), pp. 33-57.
- Description
- Characterizes Chaucer's world as "lightly peopled," mobile, in economic transition, and hierarchical; characterizes Chaucer as economically successful, relatively untouched by tumultuous events, entertaining, modest, and with "a foot in several worlds." Includes discussions of the Lollard knights, the offices of Controller of Customs and knight of the shire, and Chaucer's affiliations with Kent as well as London and the court.
- Alternative Title
- Geoffrey Chaucer. Writers and their Background.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Life