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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
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