The History Around Chaucer
Elias Bardis
The Black Plague
• Chaucer was born in the
time of the plague
• He most likely
witnessed many of the
people he knew dying in
front of him which,
especially at a young
age, can have a lasting
mental affect
Battle of Poitiers
• Battle between Wales
and France in 1356
• Welsh victory, king John
II taken to England
The Great Schism 1378
• Two popes elected, one
in France and one in
Rome
• Both ruled at the same
time and caused
extreme confusion in
the church
Pope VS Anti-Pope
Peasant Revolution 1381
• Poll tax caused peasants
to revolt
• Revolt went to London
and the Archbishop of
Canterbury was
beheaded
Hundred Years War
• Takes place during the
entire life of Chaucer
• Began around birth and
ended after his death
• War was between
England and France
• Caused big changes in
government
Works Cited
• http://www.historycentral.com/dates/1300ad
.html
• http://www.englandandenglishhistory.com/en
glish-social-history/chaucers-england-1340ad-to-1400-ad
• http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/timeline_1300.h
tml