The Age Of Chaucer
The fourteenth century produced only a few eminent writers, of whom, Geoffrey Chaucer is greatest of all. Chaucer's best poetical works are "The Canterbury Tales", "The Romance of the Rose (translation)", "Troilus and Cressida", and "The Legend of Good Woman". Chaucer's works and Wyclif's translation of the Bible developed the Midland into the national standard of prose in England.
The two other contemporaries of Chaucer were William Langland and John Mandeville. Langland is known for his great poem "Piers Plowman". About the year 1356, Mandeville's work "Voyage and Travail of Sir John Mandeville" was written in the midland dialect giving an outline of his wide travels.
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