One of the many reasons Geoffrey Chaucer’s 14th-century magnum opus The Canterbury Tales is considered a groundbreaking collection of stories is because he chose to write it not in a highbrow language ...

Geoffrey Chaucer's timeless quote, "If gold rusts, what then can iron do?" warns of moral decay when respected figures falter. His life, marked by public service and literary genius, explored human ...

"Now I beg all those that listen to this little treatise [Canterbury Tales], or read it, that if there be anything in it that pleases them, they thank our Lord Jesus Christ for it, from whom proceeds ...

The life of Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1340-1400), often labeled “the father of English poetry,” ought to be an open book: He is mentioned almost 500 times in contemporary records, far more than ...

Exclusive: Document was originally thought to be written by clerk on behalf of Canterbury Tales writer who worked as civil servant A 14th-century bureaucratic document requesting time off work for a ...

NOTE FOR LISTENERS: Due to issues with our phone lines, we’re using a different number for today’s broadcast. Please call in at 1-888-899-9287, toll free. With Meghna Chakrabarti Before “The ...

A new exhibition in Oxford charts the different ways the great Medieval poet has been interpreted by readers down the centuries Husbands and fathers are never humiliated in these copies of The ...

Doubleday, $19.95, 208 pages, illus. REVIEWED BY MERLE RUBIN The pilgrims in Geoffrey Chaucer’s great work, “The Canterbury Tales,” set forth on their journey in April, that time of year when nature ...

Read our pick of the best Los Angeles art exhibitions to see this month, from Cyberpunk at the Museum of Motion Pictures to a celebration of Brian DeGraw at James Fuentes.