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This document summarizes some of the important events that occurred during Geoffrey Chaucer's lifetime in the late 14th century in England, a period of transition from medieval to modern times. It describes the Hundred Years' War between England and France, the Black Death plague that killed up to half of England's population, the Peasants' Revolt led by Wat Tyler and John Ball in response to oppressive taxes, the beginnings of the Protestant reformation through John Wycliffe's translation of the Bible into English, and the rise of English as the dominant language as it was used by influential writers like Chaucer, Langland, and Wycliffe. The age of Chaucer marked a shift from medieval to modern literature as
This document summarizes some of the important events that occurred during Geoffrey Chaucer's lifetime in the late 14th century in England, a period of transition from medieval to modern times. It describes the Hundred Years' War between England and France, the Black Death plague that killed up to half of England's population, the Peasants' Revolt led by Wat Tyler and John Ball in response to oppressive taxes, the beginnings of the Protestant reformation through John Wycliffe's translation of the Bible into English, and the rise of English as the dominant language as it was used by influential writers like Chaucer, Langland, and Wycliffe. The age of Chaucer marked a shift from medieval to modern literature as
This document summarizes some of the important events that occurred during Geoffrey Chaucer's lifetime in the late 14th century in England, a period of transition from medieval to modern times. It describes the Hundred Years' War between England and France, the Black Death plague that killed up to half of England's population, the Peasants' Revolt led by Wat Tyler and John Ball in response to oppressive taxes, the beginnings of the Protestant reformation through John Wycliffe's translation of the Bible into English, and the rise of English as the dominant language as it was used by influential writers like Chaucer, Langland, and Wycliffe. The age of Chaucer marked a shift from medieval to modern literature as
Important Events in Chaucers Age : Hundred Years war, Black Death,
easants !evolt, Collards "ovement, and !evolutioni#ed $anguage
Chaucers Age The period from 1340-1400 is called the age of Chaucer. It was an age of transition. This transition implies a shift from medieval to the modern times. The most important events, of the time are: Hundred Years war, Black Death, Peasants Revolt, collards Movement, and Revolutionized anguage. Hundred Years war! The period etween 133! and 14"3 is mar#ed $ %undred &ears' (ar, a long succession of s#irmishes and armed conflict etween )rance and *ngland. The (ar was a series of short conflicts, ro#en intermittentl$ $ a numer of truces and peace treaties. It resulted from disputes etween the ruling families of the two countries, the )rench Capetians and the *nglish +lantagenets, over territories in )rance and the succession to the )rench throne. These attles were largel$ won $ *nglish &eomen. These wars generated the feeling of patriotism and nationalism. Black Death! In the middle ages, people did not other much aout sanitation and cleanliness, so lepros$ and other diseases which reed in dirt were ver$ common. *ngland was often visited $ epidemics, especiall$ plague . -lac# .eath, outrea# of uonic plague that struc# *urope and the /editerranean area during later half of the 14th centur$.The severest attac# of this dreadful epidemic came in 1300. It was called the -lac# .eath. The epidemic swept awa$ of the total population of the *ngland at that time and left the countr$ totall$ disorgani1ed price, rose and the value of mone$ declined. Peasants Revolt! The suffering peasants of *ngland ecame ver$ restless and discontented. The$ revolts in 13!1 ecause , the poll ta2es imposed in 1300, 1303 and 13!0 were oppressive , (att Ta$lor, 4ac# 5traw and 4ohn -ull led the peasants revolt .The mo stormed 6andon, ut 7ichard II handled the situation ver$ cunningl$ and got the leaders arrested and then eheaded. Collards Movement! The medieval cleric was in 6atin, ver$ few people could understand what the priest was sa$ing. /oreover, the clerg$man had ecome corrupt undisciplined. 4ohn ($cliffe 81390-13!4: was, the first *nglishman to challenge the Catholic Church. %e started what is called the collard's movement .%e translated the ile from 6atin in to native tongue and sent his poor priest to all parts, of the countr$ for spreading his message of simplicit$ causticit$ ; purit$ .%is movement was the eginning of reformation. Revolutionized anguage! 6atin and )rench were the dominant languages in the 14th centur$ in *ngland. %owever, in lateral half of 14th centur$ *nglish 1 came to its own ecause of the great wor#s done $ Chaucer, 6angland and ($cliffe, who wrote in *nglish. *2tending from 10<< to 14!", this period is noted for the e2tensive influence of )rench literature on native *nglish forms and themes. )rom the =orman-)rench con>uest of *ngland in 10<< until the 14th centur$, )rench largel$ replaced *nglish in ordinar$ literar$ composition, and 6atin maintained its role as the language of learned wor#s. -$ the 14th centur$, when *nglish again ecame the chosen language of the ruling classes, it had lost much of the ?ld *nglish inflectional s$stem, had undergone certain sound changes, and had ac>uired the characteristic it still possesses of freel$ ta#ing into the native stoc# numers of foreign words, in this case )rench and 6atin ones. Thus, the various dialects of /iddle *nglish spo#en in the 14th centur$ were similar to /odern *nglish and can e read without great difficult$ toda$. The /iddle *nglish literature of the 14th and 1"th centuries is much more diversified than the previous ?ld *nglish literature. @ variet$ of )rench and even Italian elements influenced /iddle *nglish literature, especiall$ in southern *ngland. In addition, different regional st$les were maintained, in literature and learning had not $et een centrali1ed. )or these reasons, as well as ecause of the vigorous and uneven growth of national life, the /iddle *nglish period contains a wealth of literar$ monuments not easil$ classified.The Aogue of romance was passing and the realistic poetr$ was ta#ing roots. In a wa$, the age of Chaucer stands, etween the medieval and the modern life. Compton 7ac#et ?servers, BChaucer's world is medieval, ut eneath the medievalism, the heaven of the 7enaissance is alread$ at wor#. 2