Geoffrey Chaucer — "Of remedies of love she knew al chaunce, For she koude of that art the olde daun…"
Of remedies of love she knew al chaunce, For she koude of that art the olde daunce.
Get This Quote & Author's Image Illustrated On:
Click any product to generate a realistic preview. Up to 3 at a time.
* Initial load can take up to 90 seconds — revising the preview in another color is nearly instant.
Kitchen
Apparel
Other
More from Geoffrey Chaucer
"Mordre wol out, certeyn, it wol nat fayle."
"Ful many a deyntee hors hadde he in stable, / And whan he rood, men myghte his brydel heere / Gynglen in a whistlynge wynd as cleere."
"Experience, thogh noon auctoritee Were in this world, is right ynogh for me To speke of wo that is in mariage."
"for well he knew a woman has no beard; hed felt a thing all rough and longish-haired."
"For though the lyon be a beest, He hath a herte of gold, and that is al."
About Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400)
English poet, civil servant, and the father of English literature; The Canterbury Tales (~1387-1400) is the founding text of English-language storytelling. Closely associated with Giovanni Boccaccio (his Italian predecessor; the Decameron preceded the Canterbury Tales by ~40 years). For an intellectual contrast, see John Wycliffe, English theologian and Lollard reform-movement leader — Wycliffe and Chaucer were near-contemporaries in the same English Christian world — Chaucer's Wife of Bath and Pardoner are the canonical literary defense of fleshly humanity against the Lollard moral austerity that would later become English Puritanism. Earthy storytelling vs proto-Protestant moralism.
Details
The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue (Wife of Bath's extensive experience and knowledge in matters of love)
Date: c. 1387-1400
RelationshipsVerification
Unverifiable
Found in 1 providers: gemini
1 source checked