In an attempt to further my research, I have started this blog to organize my information on Irish history and Ireland into a more comprehensive way. Hopefully I'll maintain this information and it will prompt me to keep it going. My main goal is to develop a better understanding of Medieval Ireland so as to provide myself with a better persona. If you'd like to keep track of this blog, the link to my RSS file is http://scaireland.blogspot.com/atom.xml Happy feeding!
Monday, February 06, 2012
Chaucer & Ireland
I was perusing a few random sites today and I ran across an article that caught my fancy, so I wanted to share it. The article I found references a late 14th century work (approximately 1370s) by Geoffrey Chaucer entitled 'Anelida and Arcite' (original text & modern translation). What caught my interest was the title of the article, namely 'Chaucer's Tale of Ireland'. I have uploaded the file to my Box.net account so that anyone else might read the article as well. It's somewhat lengthy in how the author came to the conclusion that he made, but he does give a lot of information on the actual people of the late 14th century.