1400s

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He loved chivalrie,
Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisie.

Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales

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Topic

Knights Medieval values

Author

Geoffrey Chaucer

Source

The Canterbury Tales

Language

English

Time

1400 1400s 14th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Chaucer, Geoffrey. "The General Prologue." The Canterbury Tales. London: William Caxton, c. 1476.

Current Citation

Chaucer, Geoffrey. "The General Prologue." The Canterbury Tales, edited and translated by Nevill Coghill. Penguin Classics, 2003.

And what is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.

Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales

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Topic

Wisdom Girl power

Speaker

Prudence

Author

Geoffrey Chaucer

Source

The Canterbury Tales

Language

Old English

Time

1400 1400s 14th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Chaucer, Geoffrey. "The Tale of Melibee." The Canterbury Tales. London: William Caxton, c. 1476.

Current Citation

Chaucer, Geoffrey. "The Tale of Melibee." The Canterbury Tales, edited and translated by Nevill Coghill. Penguin Classics, 2003.

I could hardly find a book on morals where, even before I had read it in its entirety, I did not find several chapters or certain sections attacking women, no matter who the author was... I finally decided that God formed a vile creature when He made woman, and I wondered how such a worthy artisan could have deigned to make such an abominable work which, from what they say, is the vessel as well as the refuge and abode of ever evil and vice.

Christine de Pizan

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Topic

Misogyny Patriarchy

Author

Christine de Pizan

Language

Italian

Time

1405 1400s 15th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

De Pizan, Christine. Le Livre de la cité des dames [The Book of the City of Ladies]. Paris, c. 1405.

Current Citation

De Pizan, Christine. The Book of the City of Ladies. Penguin Classics, 2000.

Love is a thing as any spirit free.

Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Author

Geoffrey Chaucer

Source

The Canterbury Tales

Language

Old English

Time

1400 1400s 14th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Chaucer, Geoffrey. "The Franklin's Tale." The Canterbury Tales. London: William Caxton, c. 1476.

Current Citation

Chaucer, Geoffrey. "The Franklin's Tale." The Canterbury Tales, edited and translated by Nevill Coghill. Penguin Classics, 2003.