Chaucer, Geoffrey, difficulties as to his biography.

the date of his birth.

his name.

his ancestry.

conjecture as to his early years.

enters Prince Lionel's household.

accompanies the prince to France and is taken prisoner.

becomes valet of the chamber of King Edward.

his marriage.

translation of "Roman de la Rose."

promoted to the post of royal squire.

"Book of the Duchess."

missions abroad.

receives grant from the Crown of daily pitcher of wine.

appointed Comptroller of the Customs in the port of London.

permitted to execute the duties by deputy.

granted pension of ten pounds for life.

visits to the Continent.

appointed to the Comptrollership of the Petty Customs in London.

sits in Parliament.

"House of Fame" written.

"Troilus and Cressid."

"Assembly of Fowls."

translation of the "Consolation of Philosophy.""Legend of Good Women."

loses his Comptrollerships.

appointed Clerk of King Richard's Works.

money difficulties.

death of his wife.

"On the Astrolabe."

his son.

robbed by highwaymen.

granted pension of twenty pounds by King Richard.

"Ballade sent to King Richard."

"Envoy to Scogan."

"Complaint of Chaucer to his Purse."

his pension doubled.

death.

the "Canterbury Tales" left unfinished.

Chaucer, characteristics of.

his personal appearance.

his modesty.

self-containedness.

contained faith.

his attitude to women.

his ideal of the true gentleman.

his opinion about drunkenness.

his reading.

French influences.

Italian influences.

language.

his love of nature.

his literary development.

his mediaevalism.

Chaucer's England, its population.

the Black Death.

London.

national spirit.

trade.

decline of the feudal system.

condition of the people.

the language.

chivalry.

extravagance in dress.

the "Church."

the clergy.

learning.

the life of the nation.

Chaucer's literary heirs.

Chaucer's poetry, its power to please.

music of his verse.

as a love poet.

his joyousness.

his humour.

as an interpreter of character.

his dramatic qualities.

his receptiveness.

Chaucer's times.

his feeling towards the lower classes.

his attitude to the Church.

as an interpreter of his age.

Chaucer, John (Chaucer's father).

Chaucer, Lewis (Chaucer's son).

Chaucer, Philippa (Chaucer's wife).

Chaucer, Richard le.

Chaucer, Thomas (Chaucer's supposed son).

Chettle.

Chivalry.

Clarence, Lionel Duke of.

Cleopatra.

"Clerk's Tale."

the "Clerk."

Colonna, Guido de.

"Complaint of Chaucer to his Purse."

"Complaint of Mars."

"Complaint of the Death of Pity."

"Complaint of the Ploughman."

"Complaint of Venus."

"Confessio Amantis" (Gower).

Congreve.

"Consolation of Philosophy" (Boethius).

Constance, Duchess of Lancaster.

"Constance," the story of.

"Cook's Tale."

the "Cook."

Court of Love.

"Cressid."

"Cuckoo and the Nightingale."

Dante.

"Daphnaida" (Spenser).

Dartmouth.

"Decamerone" (Boccaccio).

Deschamps, Eustace.

Dickens.

Dido.

"Divine Comedy."

"Doctor of Physic."

Dominicans.

Don Quixote.

"Dorigen."

Doglas, Gawin.

Drama in the fourteenth century.

Drayton, Michael.

Dryden.

Dunbar.

"Dunciad."

"Dyer."

"E.K."

"Earthly Paradise" (William Morris).

Edward III.

Edwards, Richard.

Elizabethan drama.

English novel.

"Envoy to Bukton."

"Envoy to Scogan."

"Fables" (Dryden).

"Fairy Queen" (Spenser).

Filostrato (Boccaccio).

Flanders.

Fletcher.

Florence.

"Flower and the Leaf."

France and England.

Francis of Assisi.

Franciscans.

"Franklin's Tale."

the "Franklin."

French literary influences.

"Friar's Tale."

the "Friar."

Froissart.

Genoa.

German criticism.

Gerson.

Gisors, Henry.

Gloucester, Humphrey Duke of.

Gloucester, Thomas Duke of.

Goethe.

Goldsmith.

"Good Counsel of Chaucer."

Gower.

Great Schism.

Greene.

Grey Friars.

Grisseldis, The tale of.

Hallam.

Hatcham, Surrey.

Hawes.

Hawkwood, Sir John.

Henry III.

Henry IV.

Henry V.

Henryson.