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The Harvard Chaucer Page: 14th Century English

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This site from The Geoffrey Chaucer Page of Harvard University provides biographical information on Chaucer, specifically on his social class and his learning/speaking/writing French. Explanation for why the commoners and aristocrats spoke different languages. Essay divided into "The Status of English" and "Middle English Dialects."

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geoffrey chaucer, richard ii
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14th century, medieval, "polychronicon", "second shepherd's play", "the canterbury tales", chaucer, countess of ulster, english language, king edward iii, middle english, ranulph higden, the great vowel shift
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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