jan 3, 1357 - (DATES UNKNOWN) "The Parliament of Fowls" by Chaucer "The Legend of Good Women" by Chaucer

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- all birds meet on Valentine's Day to choose mates
- their 'parliament' humorously examines ways in which different classes think and talk about love

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- unfinished poem
- final dream vision - provides a frame for experiment with a series of tales
- Chaucer is accused of heresy and antifeminism by Cupid and ordered to do penance by writing a series of 'legends' (saints' lives) of Cupid's martyrs (women betrayed by false men and died for love)

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