The Legend of Good Women
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The Legend of Good Women is a poem in the form of a dream vision by Geoffrey Chaucer during the fourteenth century.
Death of Dido, by Guercino, AD 1631.
The Man of Law's Tale
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"The Man of Law's Tale" is the fifth of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, written around 1387. John Gower's "Tale of Constance" in Confessio Amantis tells the same story and may have been a so
The Legend of Good Women
…it is uncertain, but it is not regarded among his best work, despite being popular when first written. One early fan is Chaucer's own character, the Man of Law, who praises Chaucer and the poem which he calls Seintes Legende of Cupide. The work is rather inconsistent in tone, with tragedy mixed uncomfortably…
The Sergeant of Law
Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer from the Bedford Psalter and Hours (c. 1414–1422)
Portrait of John Gower from the Bedford Psalter and Hours (c. 1414–1422)