Chaucer: Road to Canterbury / MVD (Firm).
This video covers the life of English author, poet, philosopher, courtier, and diplomat Geoffrey Chaucer to middle age. Chaucer's 14th-century saw him survive the Black Death as a child, the plague that wiped out a third of the population of Europe, and become actively involved, both as a soldi...
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| Language: | English |
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MVD (Firm),
[2009]
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Table of Contents:
- Chaucer: Road to Canterbury—Introduction (4:14); Chaucer's Background (7:08); London Layout and English Rule (8:16); Black Death (3:42); Chaucer and the House of Lancaster (5:19); Elegy and Inspiration (4:27); Chaucer's Employment and Religious Conflict (9:06); Richard II's Reign (3:24); Peasants' Revolt (8:09); Ideal Kingship (4:08); Chaucer and Richard II (4:17); Lords Appellant (6:36); "The Canterbury Tales" (7:22); Critiquing the Church in English (3:28); Period of Peace (3:45); English Politics and the Church (5:58); Richard II Asserts his Power (5:15); New King of England (5:44); Chaucer's Death (6:40); Targeting Wycliffe's Teachings (4:25); Court Culture (7:25); Credits: Chaucer: Road to Canterbury (0:44);