Richard Owen was The Times Rome correspondent for fifteen years. He has written several works of non-fiction, including Crisis in the Kremlin and, with Haus, DH Lawrence in Italy and Hemingway in Italy.

• Introduction: Chaucer and Ytaille // 11. Italy on the Thames // 192. The Milan Wedding // 353. Francesco Petrarch // 474. The Tale of Patient Griselda // 595. A Mission to Genoa // 716. Loans and Poems in Florence // 817. Giovanni Boccaccio // 938. The Knight's Tale // 1059. Florence and Canterbury // 11510. The Mission to Lombardy // 13111. A Parfit Gentil Knyght? // 14312. The Library at Pavia // 15713. Rome and Avignon // 16514. The Later Years // 179Conclusion: Chaucer the Poeta Elegante // 189Acknowledgements // 195Bibliography // 199

'Very readable and well-paced - covers an amazing amount of ground.' Marion Turner, author of Chaucer: A European Life 'A fascinating insight into Chaucer's world.' Mary Hollingsworth, author of Princes of the Renaissance 'Richard Owen performs the remarkable feat of showing us Italy through Chaucer's eyes. It's a wonderful evocation of the vibrant intellectual, commercial, and cross-cultural exchanges at the height of the Middle Ages - and the perfect read for a getaway break to Florence, Genoa, or Milan.' Ross King, author of The Bookseller of Florence 'Inherently interesting, deftly written, impressively organised and presented.' Midwest Book Review

Richard Owen was The Times Rome correspondent for fifteen years. He has written several works of non-fiction, including Crisis in the Kremlin and, with Haus, DH Lawrence in Italy and Hemingway in Italy.

• Introduction: Chaucer and Ytaille // 11. Italy on the Thames // 192. The Milan Wedding // 353. Francesco Petrarch // 474. The Tale of Patient Griselda // 595. A Mission to Genoa // 716. Loans and Poems in Florence // 817. Giovanni Boccaccio // 938. The Knight's Tale // 1059. Florence and Canterbury // 11510. The Mission to Lombardy // 13111. A Parfit Gentil Knyght? // 14312. The Library at Pavia // 15713. Rome and Avignon // 16514. The Later Years // 179Conclusion: Chaucer the Poeta Elegante // 189Acknowledgements // 195Bibliography // 199

'Very readable and well-paced - covers an amazing amount of ground.' Marion Turner, author of Chaucer: A European Life 'A fascinating insight into Chaucer's world.' Mary Hollingsworth, author of Princes of the Renaissance 'Richard Owen performs the remarkable feat of showing us Italy through Chaucer's eyes. It's a wonderful evocation of the vibrant intellectual, commercial, and cross-cultural exchanges at the height of the Middle Ages - and the perfect read for a getaway break to Florence, Genoa, or Milan.' Ross King, author of The Bookseller of Florence 'Inherently interesting, deftly written, impressively organised and presented.' Midwest Book Review

Richard Owen was The Times Rome correspondent for fifteen years. He has written several works of non-fiction, including Crisis in the Kremlin and, with Haus, DH Lawrence in Italy and Hemingway in Italy.

• Introduction: Chaucer and Ytaille // 11. Italy on the Thames // 192. The Milan Wedding // 353. Francesco Petrarch // 474. The Tale of Patient Griselda // 595. A Mission to Genoa // 716. Loans and Poems in Florence // 817. Giovanni Boccaccio // 938. The Knight's Tale // 1059. Florence and Canterbury // 11510. The Mission to Lombardy // 13111. A Parfit Gentil Knyght? // 14312. The Library at Pavia // 15713. Rome and Avignon // 16514. The Later Years // 179Conclusion: Chaucer the Poeta Elegante // 189Acknowledgements // 195Bibliography // 199

'Very readable and well-paced - covers an amazing amount of ground.' Marion Turner, author of Chaucer: A European Life 'A fascinating insight into Chaucer's world.' Mary Hollingsworth, author of Princes of the Renaissance 'Richard Owen performs the remarkable feat of showing us Italy through Chaucer's eyes. It's a wonderful evocation of the vibrant intellectual, commercial, and cross-cultural exchanges at the height of the Middle Ages - and the perfect read for a getaway break to Florence, Genoa, or Milan.' Ross King, author of The Bookseller of Florence 'Inherently interesting, deftly written, impressively organised and presented.' Midwest Book Review