Chaucer's Official Life
Language: English
Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
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- Title
- Chaucer's Official Life
- Author
- James R. Hulbert
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- PAP
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1451007426
- ISBN 13
- 9781451007428
- Item weight
- 191 grams
Chaucer’s public life in a turbulent political century, and what it reveals about his writing
This book surveys the poet’s offices, roles, and political networks in fourteenth‑century England. It weighs how Chaucer navigated court and city life while the realm faced sharp factional battles. The analysis uses his documented service, pensions, and connections to place him in the wider workings of power. In examining Chaucer’s official career, the author asks what his choices and connections say about his politics and his poetry. It looks at the signs that scholars use to understand his stance, without assuming a single party line. The result is a careful portrait of a writer who moved among many circles and held trusted roles, yet kept his art free from overt political commitment.
- How Chaucer held offices, pensions, and duties inside royal service.
- His ties to both Lancastrian and royal‑court circles, and what those ties suggest about influence and access.
- The kinds of evidence scholars use to assess a poet’s political stance in medieval England.
- Context on the governance and legal life of 14th‑century England, including roles like the Justices of the Peace.
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By comparing the careers of Chaucer's professional associates in the kings' households with Chaucer's itself, Root unravels the intrigue of royal patronage to explore Chaucer's reputation during his life... and how it may be responsible for his legacy as the first great writer in the English language.
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