This manuscript is extremely important in being the only extant copy of Chaucer's allegorical poem on the art of love. One of the most popular secular poems of the Middle Ages, Le Roman de la Rose was originally composed in French in the Thirteenth Century by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun. read more
Chaucer's stories ( frequently "lifted" from, Boccaccio's, 'De Cameron' )but 'English-ed up' in some way, are bawdy, slapstick, satirically irreverent and refer back to Classical writers such as Juvenal ( see "The Wife of Bath" and her quest for 'maistrie' ). read more
Best Famous Geoffrey Chaucer Poems. Here is a collection of the all-time best famous Geoffrey Chaucer poems. This is a select list of the best famous Geoffrey Chaucer poetry. Reading, writing, and enjoying famous Geoffrey Chaucer poetry (as well as classical and contemporary poems) is a great past time. read more
Probably the most significant aspect of the growing apocrypha is that, beginning with Thynne's editions, it began to include medieval texts that made Chaucer appear as a proto-Protestant Lollard, primarily the Testament of Love and The Plowman's Tale. read more