Museum Of The Historic Middle Ages, Geoffrey Chaucer Exhibition
GEOFFREY CHAUCER'S LIFE / SIGNIFICANCE
Geoffrey was a great and inspirational significant individual that we should all look up to today.
He did many incredible things throughout his life that have changed today's history!
Portrait of Henry VIII
This is a painting by Hans Holbein generally thought to have been painted in the mid 1530s.
Charles I Triple Portrait
Charles I in Three Positions, also known as the Triple portrait of Charles I, is an oil painting of Charles I of England by Flemish artist Sir Anthony Van Dyck, showing the King from three viewpoints: left full profile, face on, and right three quarter profile. [more]
The Shrimp Girl
The Shrimp Girl is a painting by the English artist William Hogarth. It was painted around 1740–45, and is held by the National Gallery, London. [more]
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
Mr and Mrs Andrews is an oil on canvas portrait of about 1750 by Thomas Gainsborough, now in the National Gallery, London. [more]
GEOFFREY CHACER
A SIGNIFICANT INDIVIDUAL
Geoffrey Chaucer 1343- 1400
Geoffrey Chaucer is a significant individual who is an English poet and was born in 1343 and died on 25 October 1400. He was married to Philippa de Roet, the sister-in-law of Chaucer’s greatest patron, John of Gaunt.
HIS LIFE JOURNEY
Geoffrey managed to obtain a position as a page to the countess of Ulster, serving mainly as a servant and messenger.
Chaucer was sent to fight for England with Edward III.
He was promoted from his status as a page to the countess of Ulster to be a valet to the king of England.
Chaucer was elected as Justice of the Peace for the region of Kent and became a Knight of the Shire.
The Canterbury Tales/ His Writing
The English poet and author, Geoffrey Chaucer, Universally recognised as the most renowned English poet of the Middle Ages, is best known for The Canterbury Tales. These tales were written between 1387- 1400 when he died. It is a collection of 24 books and 17, 000 lines written in Middle English.
Geoffrey Chaucer influenced many people and had a major impact on their lives through his poem writing as a cause of writing in English and not the powerful language of French.
