Influence of Italian humanism on Chaucer

There are government records that show Chaucer was absent from England visiting Genoa and Florence from December 1372 until the middle of 1373.^[5][7] He went with Sir James de Provan and John de Mari, eminent merchants hired by the king, and some soldiers and servants.^[7][8] During this Italian business trip for the king to arrange for a settlement of Genoese merchants these scholars say it is likely that sometime in 1373 Chaucer made contact with Petrarch or Boccaccio.^{[5][9][10][11][12][13][14]}

Milan 1368: The wedding of the Duke of Clarence and Violante Visconti

They believe it plausible that Chaucer not only met Petrarch at this wedding but also Boccaccio.^[7][11] This view today, however, is far from universally accepted. William T. Rossiter, in his 2010 book on Chaucer and Petrarch argues that the key evidence supporting a visit to the continent in this year is a warrant permitting Chaucer to pass at Dover, dated 17 July. No destination is given, but even if this does represent a trip to Milan, he would have missed not only the wedding, but also Petrarch, who had returned to Pavia on 3 July.^{[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]}

Canterbury Tales

The Clerk's Tale

However, this does not mean necessarily that Chaucer himself met Petrarch.^{[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]}

Other works

The Legend of Good Women

Chaucer followed the general plan of Boccaccio's work On Famous Women in The Legend of Good Women.^{[29][35][37][38][39][22][40][41][42][43][44][45]}

The Knight's Tale uses Boccaccio's Teseida and the Filostrato is the major source of Troilus and Creseyde.

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