Chaucer And His England

ISBN-13: 9780710309235 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 374 str.

G. G. Coulton

Opis

Beautifully illustrated, the book details Chaucer's service as a squire, his ambassadorial career, his Canterbury pilgrimage and his writings, never omitting the social and political realities which shaped his life.

Spis treści

PREFACE, LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, CHAPTER I: ENGLAND IN EMBRYO, CHAPTER II: BOYHOOD AND YOUTH, CHAPTER III:THE KING'S SQUIRE, CHAPTER IV: THE AMBASSADOR, CHAPTER V: THE MAN OF BUSINESS, CHAPTER VI: LAST DAYS, CHAPTER VII: LONDON CUSTOM-HOUSE, CHAPTER VIII: ALDGATE TOWER, CHAPTER IX: TOWN AND COUNTRY, CHAPTER X: THE LAWS OF LONDON, CHAPTER XI: CANTERBURY TALES-THE DRAMATIS PERSON/E, CHAPTER XII: CANTERBURY TALES-FIRST AND SECOND DAYS, CHAPTER XIII: CANTERBURY TALES-THIRD AND FOURTH DAYS, CHAPTER XIV: KING AND QUEEN, CHAPTER XV: KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES, CHAPTER XVI: HUSBANDS AT THE CHURCH DOOR, CHAPTER XVII: THE GAY SCIENCE, CHAPTER XVIII: THE GREAT WAR, CHAPTER XIX: THE BURDEN OF THE WAR, CHAPTER XX: THE POOR, CHAPTER XXI: MERRY ENGLAND, CHAPTER XXII: THE KING'S PEACE, CHAPTER XXIII: PRIESTS AND PEOPLE, CHAPTER XXIV: CONCLUSION, INDEX

O autorze

G.G. Coulton