Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer
Introduction
<Tab/>Geoffrey Chaucer is one of the greatest English poets ever lived. His masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, was one of the most important works of world literature. His works provide a great contribution to English literature in using English at a time when much poetry was still written in Latin or other major language during that time.
Chaucer's Family and Early Life
<Tab/>Not much is known about Chaucer's early life. According to source, Chaucer was born in the early 1340 (Macropedia 760). Chaucer was born to a middle cl…