The Peoples of the British Isles: A New History. Vol. I: From Prehistoric Times to 1688.
3rd ed.

Author / Editor
Lehmberg, Stanford E., Samantha Meigs, and Thomas William Heyck.

Title
The Peoples of the British Isles: A New History. Vol. I: From Prehistoric Times to 1688.
3rd ed.

Published
Chicago: Lyceum, 2008.

Physical Description
xx, 322; illus.

Description
Credits Chaucer "[m]ore than any other single person . . . with establishing the position of Middle English," describing him as a "major figure in politics as well as literature," and declaring that CT "achieved instant popularity" and that it is the "most famous of his several writings, the one most important in the formation of the English language" (pp. 142-43). First edition published in 1992.

Contributor
Meigs, Samantha.
Heyck, Thomas William.

Alternative Title
From Prehistoric Times to 1688.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Language and Word Studies
Canterbury Tales--General