Who Murdered Chaucer?: A Medieval Mystery

by Jones; Yeager; Fletcher

• ISBN13: 9780312335885
• ISBN10: 0312335881
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-13
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

Acclaimed medievalist and former member of Monty Python, Terry Jones investigates the facts and circumstances surrounding the death of Geoffrey Chaucer. At the time, Chaucer was celebrated as his countrys finest living poet and scholar, and yet nothing is known of his death. His name simply disappears from the record. How could this be? What if he was murdered? Who Murdered Chaucer? delivers all the evidence while painting an intimate portrait of one of the most turbulent and peculiar periods in English history.

Author Biography

Terry Jones is the author of several acclaimed works on the Middle Ages including Chaucer's Knight, Crusades, and Medieval Lives, the basis for his popular PBS series. A former member of Monty Python, he lives in London.

Terry Dolan is Professor of English at University College, Dublin, and a lexicographer and broadcaster.

Juliette Dor is Professor of Medieval English Literature at the University of Liege.

Alan Fletcher is a lecturer in Medieval English Literature at University College, Dublin.

Robert F. Yeager teaches Old and Middle English literature at the University of West Florida.

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"A hugely important book."—Nigel Saul, author of Richard II

"More of a contextual study than a biography, it contains a great deal of valuable material and intriguing speculation."—Jonathan Bate, author of Song of the Earth

"Lighthearted, intelligent, panoramic and defiantly unbeholden to conventional interpretation, [Who Murdered Chaucer?] is based on an impressive array of primary and secondary sources."—Alexander Rose, author of Kings of the North