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Chaucer's was a fairly simple nature. He seems to have taken to Renaissance fashions just as he took to Renaissance learning, without in the least disturbing the solid Englishness of his foundation. He married a Damsell Philippa without letting his marriage interfere with an ideal and unrequited passion like that of Petrarch for Laura. He had Jean de Meung's own reverence for the classics.

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A History of Story-telling
Studies in the development of narrative
By Arthur Ransome
Illustrator: J. Gavin
Published 1909
Available from gutenberg.org

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Friday 12 May 2023

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Author, Century:14th, Civil Servant, Place:England, Poet

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