[DOC] [TLE] BBC - History - Geoffrey Chaucer [PAR] ... the first great poet to write in English and author of 'The Canterbury Tales'. ... 
Edward III later sent him on diplomatic missions to France, Genoa and Florence. 
... In 1386, he was elected member of parliament for Kent, and he also served as 
a ... In 1387, he began his most famous work, 'The Canterbury Tales', in which a... [DOC] [TLE] Canterbury Tales, Wife of Bath's Prologue [Excerpt] - Poems ... [PAR] In 1367, Chaucer was given a life pension by the king, and began traveling ... he 
was elected a justice of the peace and a member of Parliament in 1386. ... 
English vernacular while court poetry was still being written in Anglo-Norman or 
Latin. ... couplet Chaucer used for most of the Canterbury Tales later evolved into 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Virtual Museum--Geoffrey Chaucer [PAR] He is best remembered for The Canterbury Tales. ... Roet, an aristocratic lady 
whose sister Katherine was later the mistress and, in 1396, ... for Kent, and in 
1386 he was elected representative to Parliament from Kent. ... At about the same 
time, Chaucer also wrote or began to write a satirical dream-vision The 
Parliament of... [DOC] [TLE] A Chaucerian Cookery Part 1 - Gode Cookery [PAR] In 1359 was sent abroad to fight in what is now called The Hundred Year's War. 
... and was the first poet to write in English a poem using heroic couplet, later to 
become ... In 1386 he was made a Justice of the Peace and elected to Parliament 
as ... a most unhappy time, that he began writing The Canterbury Tales, his most
... [DOC] [TLE] Geoffrey Chaucer Biography - eNotes.com [PAR] He stayed in and around the court until he died some thirty-three years later, 
between the ... Besides The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer is also known for The 
Book of the ... In 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer testified to being more than forty years 
old and to ... Possibly Chaucer began to write poetry at this time, for anyone who 
could... [DOC] [TLE] Geoffrey Chaucer - History Learning [PAR] Geoffrey Chaucer is most famous for writing the 'Canterbury Tales' in ... he began 
writing poetry, 'The Book of the Duchess' was written a few years later in 1369, ... 
on wools, skins and hides in the Port of London - a position he held until 1386. ... 
Justice of the Peace in the same year along with being elected to Parliament as... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about MIDDLE AGES - StudyStack [PAR] HE WAS ELECTED TO PARLIAMENT IN 1386 AND BEGAN WRITING "THE 
CANTERBURY TALES" ABOUT A YEAR LATER, GEOFFREY CHAUCER. IN 
1208... [DOC] [TLE] Geoffrey Chaucer facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Later in the year Chaucer was again in France on a mission for Prince Lionel. ... 
He tells us in the "Retractions" at the close of The Canterbury Tales that he had ... 
Philippa, poetry in the English court had been customarily written in French. ... 
During the early years of his residence at Aldgate, where he remained until 1386,
... [DOC] [TLE] Social Studies January26 - Wythe County Schools Moodle Site [PAR] Who was elected to Parliament in 1386 and began writing The Canterbury Tales 
about a year later? Begin (Geoffrey Chaucer). This is the sixth directed question... [DOC] [TLE] Geoffrey Chaucer and his Effect on the English Language essay ... [PAR] Sep 30, 2015 ... He did for the English narrative what Shakespeare later did for drama. ... No one 
knows at what point in his life Chaucer began writing. ... That same year he wrote 
The House of Fame, a 2,000-line poem about a man who ... In 1386 he was 
elected to be a member of the Parliament for Kent, the town which... [DOC] [TLE] Geoffrey Chaucer - Shaw Geneology Web Site - MyHeritage [PAR] Chaucer traveled to Picardy the next year as part of the military expedition, and 
visited ... contact with medieval Italian poetry, the forms and stories of which he 
would use later. ... He

Question: He was elected to Parliament in 1386 & began writing "The Canterbury Tales" about a year later
Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer