Chaucer’s disputed legacy: new discoveries
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What Do You Know About Chaucer's Quick Claim?
Chaucer experts have long been interested in some documents that relate to the 1380s. They're all about a lawsuit, which Jeffrey Chaucer was involved in. And there was also another character, a certain Cecily Champagne. She was the daughter of a prominent London baker. That lawsuit has attracted lots of interest since it came out in 1873.
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