In the 1300s, travelling merchants flipped English gold into bigger money in Italy. Did England’s greatest medieval poet make a killing? Find out in our History of Money Podcast. 🎙️Listen at: tinyurl.com/vdaufpea #history #money #chaucer #gold
“Whan that Aprille with his shoures [showers] soote [sweet],
The droghte [drought] of March hath p[i]erced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne [vein] in swich [such) lic[q]óur/
Of which vertú [virtue, power] engendred is the flour [flower]…"
#Chaucer #CanterburyTales Prologue (1387–1400) #quotesky
Our upcoming online talk features Mara Ciuntu talking about old age and infirmity in #Chaucer. Open to all!
#MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory
Chaucer and Ceto Introduce Innovative Marine MGA with Real-Time Data Integration #London #UK #Marine_Insurance #Chaucer #Ceto_AI
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A promotional image for Season I, Episode IV of Cunterbury. Pink background, large sans serif font reading “The Reeve’s Tale”. Other text include: “Join our regular hosts Alice, AJ, and Shannen for a lively conversation on this problematic tale with Elisha Hamlin (PhD student, UC Davis”, “Do you have what it takes to be the next guest co-host? Email us at cunterbodypod@protonmail.com”. There’s also a QR code with the RSS feed and the Bluesky and Instagram handles. (cunterburypod.bsky.social and cunterburypod respectively). The main graphic is the Ellesmere MS depiction of the Reeve, on his dark horse, both with little anime blushes. He is wearing a red hood and blue garb.
New episode out! Link in bios, and on every major podcasting/streaming platform. Content warning: issues of consent, violence.
Enjoy our latest conversation on the Reeve’s Tale, with Elisha Hamlin of UC Davis!
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#medieval #cunterbury #canterburytales #chaucer #lgbt
9 Mar 1616: Francis Beaumont, playwright, interred in #Westminster Abbey near #Chaucer & #Spenser #otd
The Chaucerian: How a German school teacher became the world’s most prolific Chaucer scholar, and then was promptly forgotten www.medievalists.net/2025/03/the-... #Chaucer
'futurity'! intrigued to encounter this modern-seeming word in 1766 The Vicar of Wakefield by #OliverGoldsmith — "such as have been taught to deride religion, will laugh at one whose chief stores of comfort are drawn from futurity" — I find uses by #Chaucer, #Hobbes, #Shakespeare, Pope, etc #booksky
Marginal illustration of a bear being taught to sing by a master, with a banderole showing chant neumes, in a manuscript of Thomasin von Zerklaere’s Welscher Gast (ca. 1256). Source: Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg / Cpg 389 / fol. 6v
What does a singing bear have to do with Chaucer?
A lot, it turns out.
We trace how the Marian chant Alma redemptoris mater shaped medieval ideas about learning — from schoolrooms to miracles to manuscript images.
Open access:
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#MedievalStudies #Chaucer #Musicology
New Medieval Books: Father Chaucer and the Apologists www.medievalists.net/2026/02/new-... #chaucer #medievalliterature #medievalstudies
For this was on Seynt Valentynes day,
Whan every foul cometh there to chese his make,
Of every kynde that men thynke may.
#Chaucer, The Parliament of Fowls
Sanjay Mohindroo
Explore the rich history of Valentine’s Day, shaped by saints, poets, and scholars who turned love into a lasting culture. #ValentinesDay #SaintValentine #Chaucer #Shakespeare #RomanHistory #MedievalCulture #CourtlyLove #PhilosophyOfLove #SeekReflectEvolve
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Sanjay K Mohindroo
Explore the rich history of Valentine’s Day, shaped by saints, poets, and scholars who turned love into a lasting culture. #ValentinesDay #SaintValentine #Chaucer #Shakespeare #RomanHistory #MedievalCulture #CourtlyLove #PhilosophyOfLove #SeekReflectEvolve
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¿Quién fue San Valentín y por qué es el 14 de febrero? #SanValentin #14deFebrero #DiaDeLosEnamorados #Historia #Roma #Lupercalia #Chaucer #IglesiaCatolica #Martirio #Tradiciones #Curiosidades #Amor #Cultura #13defebrero #felizviernes donporque.com/quien-fue-sa...
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