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Geoffrey Chaucer
...I think some of Chaucer belongs to his time and that much of that
time is dead, extinct, and never to be made alive again. What was alive
--John Masefield
Geoffrey Chaucer¦s world was the Europe of the fourteenth century. It was
neither rich or poor, happy nor sad. Rather, it was the intermingling of
these, a mi ....
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.... 20,000 people were packed
into this small area; the diversity of the inhabitants was overwhelming.
Londoners ranged from wealthy to impoverished, from small to large, from
shoemaker to blacksmith to minstrel to priest. The city was thus fairly
close. Stone building mingled with tile, wood, and thatch. While the
major streets were fairly wide, small shops and stands often spread out
into the road, effectively narrowing it by up to half it¦s width. London
Bridge (the only bridge in the city) was home to a multitude of homes and
shops, perched on top of the span to conserve space.
Wast ....
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