t influential poet in English history, and maybe French history s well. One other reason Chaucer wrote in the style he did was his life. Chaucer experienced much more then most people of his time, so his mind was expanded beyond only his life. He knew a little bit of information about every type of person you could imagine. This is why he made sure to express his views of the world, or reality as he saw it in his work.Geoffrey Chaucer, born around 1340 and died in October, of 1400 led a long life compared to the average life span, which was made even shorter for most people by the Black Death, in the fourteenth century. His life was filled with religion, royalty, and of course reality. He was the greatest English poet that ever lived. Chaucer was also one of the first poets to write in the English language. English was not the main literary language at this time so that was a great accomplishment for anyone let alone Chaucer during his time. Chaucer cherished literature of all sorts. He spent much of his time reading and writing. Chaucers main influence in his writings was fourteenth century French Poetry, which is obvious in just about all his work, as long as you know what to look for. Chaucer also tried to push the envelope and create an all new style of his own, and out came the great Canterbury Tales....
