Tag: Lady of the Garter

• Historical Figures: Alice Chaucer, Lady of the Garter

  

  One of the most famous writers from the medieval period is Geoffrey Chaucer. He lived between the 1340s and 1400 and most famously wrote The Canterbury Tales. He was also the first writer to be buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey. However, he had a granddaughter named Alice who was born a few years…

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  August 11, 2020

  Historical Figures, Women’s History

  Fifteenth Century, history, Lady of the Garter, Medieval England, Medieval Europe, Medieval History, Medieval Women, Wars of the Roses, Women’s History