Chaucer and His England

Opening of the book

CHAUCER AND HIS ENGLAND
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
FROM ST. FRANCIS TO DANTE.
“A more enlightening picture
than any we have yet read.”—
Times.
“It will, I hope, be read by
every one who wants to know
what the Middle Ages were
really like.”—Dr. Rashdall in
Independent Review.
“Extraordinarily
vivacious,
fresh, and vivid.”—Mr. C. F.
G.
Masterman,
M.P.,
in
Speaker.
FRIAR’S
LANTERN:
A
Mediæval
Fantasia.
“Written
with
undeniable
ability.”—Times.
“Worthy of a place beside the
‘Cloister and the Hearth’ as
a
true
work
of
art.”—
Commonwealth.
FATHER
RHINE;
with
14
Illustrations.
“This is a very pleasant book
of journeying.”—Spectator.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC NEEDS.
“If the ‘man in the street,’
who and whoever he be, will
take the trouble to read it,

his eyes will be opened.”—

Times.

MEDIÆVAL

STUDIES:

Seven

Essays

mostly reprinted from the monthly

and quarterly reviews.

Larger Image

PORTRAIT OF CHAUCER

PAINTED BY ORDER OF HIS PUPIL THOMAS HOCCLEVE, IN A COPY OF THE

LATTER’S “REGEMENT OF PRINCES.”

THE HAIR AND BEARD ARE GREY, THE EYES HAZEL: HE HAS A ROSARY IN HIS

LEFT HAND AND

A BLACK PENCASE OR PENKNIFE HANGS FROM HIS NECK

CHAUCER AND HIS

ENGLAND

BY

G. G. COULTON, M.A.

AUTHOR OF

“FROM ST. FRANCIS TO DANTE,” ETC.

WITH THIRTY-TWO ILLUSTRATIONS

METHUEN & CO.

36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

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