Chaucer

INDEX.

"A.B.C." ("La Priere de Notre Dame").

"Adam" (Chaucer's Scrivener).

"African."

Albert of Brescia.

"Alcestis."

"Alchemist" (Ben Jonson).

Aldgate.

Alfred, King.

Anne, Queen.

"Antiquary Moth" (Cartwright).

"Ariadne."

Aristophanes.

"Art of English Poesy" (Puttenham).

"Arviragus."

"Assembly of Fowls or Parliament of Birds."

Astrology.

Bailly, Master Harry. See "Host."

"Ballad of Sir Thopas."

"Ballad sent to King Richard."

Balle, John.

Balzac.

Barklay.

Benedictines.

Berkeley, Sir Edward.

Berners, Lady Juliana.

Bible, Chaucer's knowledge of.

Black Friars.

Black Prince.

Blake, William.

Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster.

Boccaccio.

Boethius.

Bohemia.

"Book of Consolation and Counsel" (Albert of Brescia).

"Book of the Duchess."

"Book of the Leo."

Brembre, Sir Nicholas.

Bretigny, Peace of.

Brigham, Nicholas.

"Bukton."

Burley, Sir John.

Burns, Robert.

Byron.

Cambridge.

"Canace."

"Canon Yeoman's Tale."
The "Canon's Yeoman."
"The Canon."

Canterbury.

Canterbury Pilgrims.

"Canterbury Tales," Chaucer's greatest work.
conjecture as to the composition of.
references to in Prologue to "Legend of Good Women."
characters in.
framework of.
what is Chaucer's obligation to Boccaccio.
popular style of.
language of.
sources of.
Chaucer's method of dealing with his originals.
the two prose tales.
reference to the condition of the poor.
woman in the.
supposed reference to Gower.
Lydgate's Supplements to.
vogue of the, with Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists.

"Carpenter."

Cartwright.

Caxton.

"Ceyx and Alcyone," the tale of.

Charles IV, Emperor.

Charles V, King of France.

Chaucer, Agnes (Chaucer's mother).

"Chaucer's Dream."

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.

Heptameron.

"Hero and Leander" (Marlowe).

Herrick.

Heyroom, Thomas.

Heywood, John.

Homer.

Horne, Mr. R.

"Host," the (Master Harry Bailly).

"House of Fame."

Hugh of Lincoln, legend of.

"Imitation of Christ."

Inner Temple.

Inquisition.

"Interludes" (Heywood).

Italian literary influence.

James I, King of Scotland.

Jason.

John, King of England.

John, King of Bohemia.

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.

John of Trevisa.

Jonson, Ben.

Katharine, Duchess of Lancaster.

Kent, county of.

"King's Quair, The."

"Knight's Tale."
the "Knight."

Kynaston, Sir Francis.

Lamb, Charles.

"Lamech."

Lancaster, House of.

Lancaster, Henry, Duke of.

Langland.

"Legend of Ariadne."

"Legend of Good Women."

"Legend of the Saints of Cupid."

Leland.

"Lieutenant Bardolph."

"Life of Saint Cecelia."

"Limitour."

Lollardry.

London.

Longfellow.

Lorris, Guillaume de.

"Love of Palamon and Arcite."

Lydgate.

Lyndsay, Sir David.

Machault.

Madame Eglantine. See "Prioress."

"Man of Law's Tale."
the "Man of Law."

"Manciple's Tale."
the "Manciple."

Marlowe.

Marot, Clement.

Mary Magdalene, homily on.

Medea.

Mendicant Orders.

"Merchant's Tale."
the "Merchant."

"Merry Wives of Windsor."

Metrical Romances of thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

Meung, Jean de.

Middleton.

"Midsummer Night's Dream."

Milan.

"Miller's Tale."
the "Miller."

Milton.

Minorities.

Minot, Lawrence.

Miracle Plays.

Monastic Orders.

"Monk's Tale."
the "Monk."

"Mort d'Arthure."

Nash.

Nicholas, Sir Harris.

Norwich, Bishop of.

"Nun's Priest's Tale."

Occleve.

"On Perpetual Virginity" (St. Jerome).

"On the Astrolabe."

"Oratio Gallfridi Chaucer."

Ovid.

Oxford.

Padua.

"Palace of Honour" (Gawin Douglas).

"Palamon and Arcite."
tragedy by R. Edwards.

"Pandarus."

"Pardoner's Tale."
the "Pardoner."

Paris.
University of.

Parliament.

"Parson's Tale."
the "Parson."

"Pastime of Pleasure" (Hawes).

Patient Grissel.
"Patient Grissel" (play).

Peasant Insurrection.

Pedro, Don.

"Pentamerone."

"Perkyn Revellour."

Pestilences in fourteenth century.

Petrarch.

"Phantasus."

Philippa, Queen.

"Phillis."

Philpot, John.

"Ploughman."

Pole, William de la.

Pope.

"Praise of Women."

Prayer of Chaucer."

"Prioress" (Madame Eglantine).

"Prologue to the Canterbury Tales."

Puttenham, George.

"Queen Anelida and the false Arcite."

"Reeve's Tale."
the "Reeve."

Reformation, The.

Renascence.

"Rhyme of Sir Thopas."

Richard II.

Richardson.

Roet, Sir Paon de.

"Roman de la Rose."

"Romaunt of the Rose" (translation by Chaucer of "Roman de la Rose").

Rome, Church of.

Ronsard.

"Rosa Anglia."

Sainte-Maur, Benoit.

St. Jerome.

Salisbury, Countess of.

"Scipio."

Scogan, Henry.

Scottish heirs of Chaucer.

"Second Nun's Tale."

Seneca.

"Seven Wise Masters."

Shakspere.

"Shepherd's Calendar."

Sheridan.

"Ship of Fools."

"Shipman."

Sidney, Sir Philip.

"Sir Thomas Norray" (Dunbar).

Skelton.

Southern Road.

Speght.

Spenser.

"Squire's Tale."
the "Squire."

Statute of Provisors.

"Story of Thebes."

Strode, Ralph.

Sudbury, Archbishop.

Suffolk, Michael de la Pole, Earl of.

"Summoner."

Surrey.

Swynford, Sir Hugh.

Tabard Inn.

"Tale of Meliboeus."

"Tarquin."

"Temple of Fame" (Pope).

"Temple of Glass" (Lydgate).

"Teseide" (Boccaccio).

"Testament of Cressid" (Henryson).

"Thisbe."

Thynne, William.

Tieck, Ludwig.

"Tityrus."

Tombstone, Chaucer's.

"Tottel's Miscellany."

"Troilus and Cressid."

"Troy-book" (Lydgate).

"Tullius."

"Two Noble Kinsmen."

Tyrwhitt.

Ugolino, Story of.

Ulster, Elizabeth Countess of.

Universities.

Virgil.

Visconti, Bernardo.

"Vision concerning Piers Plowman."

"Vows of the Heron."

"Vox Clamantis" (Gower).

"Webbe."

Westminster.

"Wife of Bath's Tale."
the "Wife of Bath."

William of Wykeham.

"Words unto his own Scrivener."

Wordsworth.

Wyatt.

Wyclif.

Wycliffism: was Chaucer a Wycliffite?

Yerdely, Adam.

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