Chapter III · THE AGE OF CHAUCER AND THE REVIVAL OF LEARNING
Reading edition
Specimens of the Language. History of the Period. Geoffrey Chaucer. Contemporaries and Successors of Chaucer. Langland and his Piers Plowman. Malory and his Morte d' Arthur. Caxton and the First Printing Press. The King's English as the Language of England. Popular Ballads. Summary of the Period. Selections for Reading. Bibliography.