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• catalog abstract ""In this work of historical speculation Terry Jones and a team of international scholars investigate the mystery surrounding the death of Geoffrey Chaucer over 600 years ago. An important public figure, a diplomat and the brother-in-law to John of Gaunt - one of the most powerful men in the kingdom - Chaucer was celebrated as his country's finest living poet, rhetorician and scholar: the pre-eminent intellectual superstar of his time. We have a great deal of information about his life. And yet nothing at all is known of his death." "In 1400 his name simply disappears from the record. We don't know how he died, where or when; there is no official confirmation of his death and no chronicle mentions it; no notice of his funeral or burial. He left no will and there's nothing to tell us what happened to his estate. He didn't even leave any manuscripts. How could this be?" "What if he was murdered? What if he and his writings had become politically inconvenient in the seismic social shift that occurred with the overthrow of the liberal Richard II by the reactionary, oppressive regime of Henry IV? Would the dogs of suppression, unleashed by the ruthlessly ambitious Archbishop Arundel, have been snapping at the heels of a dangerous poet?" "This daring and controversial hypothesis is the introduction to a remarkable reading of Chaucer's writings as evidence that might be held against him, interwoven with a brilliant portrait of one of the most turbulent periods in English history, its politics and its personalities. Combining revelatory scholarship with the flair for narrative that marks all Terry Jones' work, the result is an absorbing synthesis of history and literary analysis that is sure to be essential reading for years to come."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b12994639.
• catalog coverage "Great Britain History 14th century.".
• catalog created "2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
• catalog description ""In this work of historical speculation Terry Jones and a team of international scholars investigate the mystery surrounding the death of Geoffrey Chaucer over 600 years ago. An important public figure, a diplomat and the brother-in-law to John of Gaunt - one of the most powerful men in the kingdom - Chaucer was celebrated as his country's finest living poet, rhetorician and scholar: the pre-eminent intellectual superstar of his time. We have a great deal of information about his life. And yet nothing at all is known of his death." "In 1400 his name simply disappears from the record. We don't know how he died, where or when; there is no official confirmation of his death and no chronicle mentions it; no notice of his funeral or burial. He left no will and there's nothing to tell us what happened to his estate. He didn't even leave any manuscripts. How could this be?" "What if he was murdered? What if he and his writings had become politically inconvenient in the seismic social shift that occurred with the overthrow of the liberal Richard II by the reactionary, oppressive regime of Henry IV? Would the dogs of suppression, unleashed by the ruthlessly ambitious Archbishop Arundel, have been snapping at the heels of a dangerous poet?" "This daring and controversial hypothesis is the introduction to a remarkable reading of Chaucer's writings as evidence that might be held against him, interwoven with a brilliant portrait of one of the most turbulent periods in English history, its politics and its personalities. Combining revelatory scholarship with the flair for narrative that marks all Terry Jones' work, the result is an absorbing synthesis of history and literary analysis that is sure to be essential reading for years to come."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [386]-398).".
• catalog description "The suspicious circumstances of Chaucer's death -- The court that Chaucer lived in -- Chaucer and Richard II -- The nature of Richard's rule -- A time of intellectual ferment -- The church strikes back -- Was Richard really unpopular? -- Chaucer's world changes -- Chaucer's last bloody year -- Chaucer's enemies gain power -- Chaucer in the eye of the storm -- The Canterbury tales as death-warrant -- What happened to Chaucer's work? How the Ellesmere MS was censored -- Chaucer as a political icon -- Chaucer's final days -- Did Chaucer really die in 1400? -- Did Chaucer repent? -- Chaucer and Archbishop Arundel (An ABC and The parson's tale) -- We accuse ...".
• catalog extent "408 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0413759105".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "London : Methuen,".
• catalog spatial "Great Britain History 14th century.".
• catalog subject "821.1 21".
• catalog subject "Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 Death and burial.".
• catalog subject "Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.".
• catalog subject "PR1905 .J66 2003".
• catalog subject "Poets, English Middle English, 1100-1500.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The suspicious circumstances of Chaucer's death -- The court that Chaucer lived in -- Chaucer and Richard II -- The nature of Richard's rule -- A time of intellectual ferment -- The church strikes back -- Was Richard really unpopular? -- Chaucer's world changes -- Chaucer's last bloody year -- Chaucer's enemies gain power -- Chaucer in the eye of the storm -- The Canterbury tales as death-warrant -- What happened to Chaucer's work? How the Ellesmere MS was censored -- Chaucer as a political icon -- Chaucer's final days -- Did Chaucer really die in 1400? -- Did Chaucer repent? -- Chaucer and Archbishop Arundel (An ABC and The parson's tale) -- We accuse ...".
• catalog title "Who murdered Chaucer? : a medieval mystery / Terry Jones ... [et al.].".
• catalog type "text".