1 Jan 1372 Jahr - Chaucer took part in a diplomatic mission to Italy

Beschreibung:

- likely a milestone in Chaucer's literary development
- brought him into direct contact with the Italian Renaissance
- likely acquired manuscripts of works by Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio
- provided him with new verse forms, new subject matter, new modes of representation

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