The age of Chaucer (1350 A.D - 1400 A.D)

• Chaucer was the famous poet of 14 th century. He is the 'Father of English poetry'. 
• He was also politician. In 1386, he was elected a member of parliament from Kent.
• Chaucer sent to foreign countries on diplomatic missions from 1370 - 1378.
• Chaucer's potential works are broadly divided -

                                                                                 1. French period (1359 - 1372)

                                                                                 2. Italian period (1373 - 1386)

                                                                                 3. English period (1386 - 1400)

• Chaucer's chief works are -

           * The Canterbury Tales,.

           * The house of Fame,

           * The Parliament of fouls,.

           * The Legend of Good Woman,

           * The Book of the Duchess.

• William Langland and John Wycliff were Chaucer's Contemporaries.
• William Langland's works -

                                                  * Piers Plowman

                                                  * Richard the Redeless

• John Wycliff in the 14 th Century translated the Bible into English for the first time, which earned him the title 'Father of English prose'.
• William Caxton was the first English printer. He established the first English printing press in 1476.