The Canterbury Tales

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Literature · c. 1387–1400 · London · Europe

Pilgrims' tales that established English as a language of major literature

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Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Century: 14th century

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Made around the same time (±30 years)

c. 1411 Trinity — Andrei Rublev · Russian Icon Painting: Theophanes, Rublev, Dionisius · Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
1378 Theophanes' frescoes in the Church of the Saviour on Ilyina Street — Theophanes the Greek · Russian Icon Painting: Theophanes, Rublev, Dionisius · Veliky Novgorod
c. 1412–1431 Porcelain Tower of Nanjing · Ming and Qing Porcelain · Nanjing
c. 1360 Messe de Nostre Dame — Guillaume de Machaut · Reims
c. 1392 Theotokos of the Don — Theophanes the Greek (attributed) · Russian Icon Painting: Theophanes, Rublev, Dionisius · Kolomna
1408 Rublev's frescoes in the Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir — Andrei Rublev · Russian Icon Painting: Theophanes, Rublev, Dionisius · Vladimir

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