The Age of Chaucer and Whittington: 1348-1485.

Author / Editor
Jenkins, Simon.

Title
The Age of Chaucer and Whittington: 1348-1485.

Published
A Short History of London: The Creation of a World Capital ([London]: Viking, 2019), pp. 33-42.

Description
Chapter 4 of a social history of London, with emphasis on the plague, the status of the Church, the vivid characterizations of CT as a "window on the world . . . in all its richness," and Richard Whittington's mayoralty. Also published in The City on the Thames. The Creation of a World Capital: A History of London (New York: Pegasus,
2020), pp. 43-52.

Alternative Title
The City on the Thames. The Creation of a World Capital: A History of London

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism
Canterbury Tales--General