Please discuss the contributions of Chaucer as the architect of Modern English.

After the
Norman Conquest of 1066 in which William the Conqueror of Normandy (part of France) and his
Norman noblemen eradicated Harold of Hastings and the Saxon nobles, French became the official
language in England.  All written works were put in French including literature.  (For instance,
the Arthurian Legends are in French). 

Then, , whose last name is the French
form of the word shoemaker , came along in the second half of the
thirteenth century (1343-1400).  Chaucer, who was bilingual, as were many in his time, was
greatly influenced with the matter and style of French poetry.  However, when he realized how
people of his time delighted in stories, he gave these to them.  Thus, the Canterbury Tales
began.  Perhaps because this work is about the...

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