'''Geoffrey Chaucer''' (A.D. 1343–1400) was the father of English [[literature]] and the author of ''The [[Canterbury Tales]]''. He was the first author to raise vernacular [[English]] to the artistic level of [[French]] or [[Latin]]. | '''Geoffrey Chaucer''' (A.D. 1343–1400) was the father of English [[literature]] and the author of ''The [[Canterbury Tales]]''. He was the first author to raise vernacular [[English]] to the artistic level of [[French]] or [[Latin]]. |