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This book presents a detailed explanation of the essential facts of
dictionaries in general. It includes information on the origin of
English dictionaries and the authority and choice of a dictionary.
This book presents a detailed explanation of the essential facts of
dictionaries in general. It includes information on the origin of
English dictionaries and the authority and choice of a dictionary.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Most interesting with relation to Chaucer... is the employment of
esquires on missions abroad. Apparently certain individuals were
assigned especially to this kind of business and many of these were
kept almost constantly engaged in it. For example, George Felbrig,
in 51 Edward III, was sent on the King's secret business to John
Duke of Brittany in Flanders. -from "The Esquires of the King's
Household" This 1912 Ph.D. dissertation is a classic interpretive
biography of Geoffrey Chaucer, author of, most famously, The
Canterbury Tales. As a member of the courts of Edward III and
Richard II, did Chaucer receive any special favors from the kings
because of his position? How important was the patronage of John of
Gaunt, whom earlier Chaucer biographers emphasized while ignoring
or glossing over Chaucer's standing as a courtier? By comparing the
careers of Chaucer's professional associates in the kings'
households with Chaucer's itself, Root unravels the intrigue of
royal patronage to explore Chaucer's reputation during his life...
and how it may be responsible for his legacy as the first great
writer in the English language.
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