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Geoffrey Chaucer was born in the early 1340s (ca. 1343) to John Chaucer, a vintner and deputy to the king's butler. As a boy, he was a page to the Countess of Ulster.
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As a teenager, Geoffrey served in the household of Elizabeth, the countess of Ulster, who was the wife of Lionel, third son of Edward III. By 1359 he was a member of Edward's army in France. When Chaucer was captured during the siege of Reims, Edward helped pay his ransom; then, during the peace negotiations of 1360, Chaucer served as messenger from Calais to England. What happened next is unknown; Chaucer may have remained in the king's service, and he may have studied law in preparation for further duties to the king.
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In 1359, Geoffrey Chaucer was sent to fight in the Hundred Year’s War. In the same year he was taken prisoner near Rheims. In 1360, he was ransomed for £16 and released. It is known that Edward III paid part of the ransom for Chaucer – so he must have held the squire in some high regard.
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Little is known about Geoffrey Chaucer's son Lewis. Chaucer addresses "litel Lowys my sone" in the Prologue to his Treatise on an Astrolabe, and there is ... a written record of a payment made to Thomas and "Ludowicus" (Lewis) Chaucer for their services as "homines ad arma" (men at arms) at the royal castle of Carmathen in 1403. Other than that, there is not much to go on. See Crow and Olson,
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At CSU Geoffrey Chaucer (E460, a designated capstone course) is one of the major authors that may be studied as a required part of most of the degrees in English (Literature Concentration, Creative Writing Concentration, Writing Concentration, and English Education). This Web page has information to help researchers find materials related to Chaucer.
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For six centuries Geoffrey Chaucer has retained his status in the highest rank of the English poets. As many-sided as William Shakespeare, he did for English narrative what Shakespeare did for drama. If he lacks the profundity of Shakespeare, he excels in playfulness of mood and simplicity of expression.
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