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The Book of the Duchess

Index The Book of the Duchess

The Book of the Duchess, also known as The Deth of Blaunche, Encyclopædia Britannica, 1910. [1]

14 relations: Alcyone, Augustus, Blanche of Lancaster, Ceyx, Fortuna, Geoffrey Chaucer, John of Gaunt, John Stow, Juno (mythology), Middle English, Morpheus, Moscow, Sergei Alexandrovsky, The Romaunt of the Rose.

Alcyone

In Greek mythology, Alcyone or Alkyone (Ancient Greek: Ἁλκυόνη, Halkyónē derived from alkyon αλκυων "kingfisher") was the daughter of Aeolus, either by Enarete or Aegiale.

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Augustus

Augustus (Augustus; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August 14 AD) was a Roman statesman and military leader who was the first Emperor of the Roman Empire, controlling Imperial Rome from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.

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Blanche of Lancaster

Blanche of Lancaster (25 March 1345/1347 – 12 September 1368) was a member of the English royal House of Plantagenet and the daughter of the kingdom's wealthiest and most powerful peer, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster.

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Ceyx

In Greek mythology, Ceyx (Kēüx) was the son of Eosphorus and the king of Trachis in Thessaly.

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Fortuna

Fortuna (Fortūna, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) was the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion.

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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – 25 October 1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages.

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John of Gaunt

John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, KG (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English nobleman, soldier, statesman, and prince, the third of five surviving sons of King Edward III of England.

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John Stow

John Stow (also Stowe; 1524/25 – 5 April 1605) was an English historian and antiquarian.

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Juno (mythology)

Juno (Latin: IVNO, Iūnō) is an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counselor of the state.

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Middle English

Middle English (ME) is collectively the varieties of the English language spoken after the Norman Conquest (1066) until the late 15th century; scholarly opinion varies but the Oxford English Dictionary specifies the period of 1150 to 1500.

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Morpheus

Morpheus is a Greek god of dreams who appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses.

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Moscow

Moscow (a) is the capital and most populous city of Russia, with 13.2 million residents within the city limits and 17.1 million within the urban area.

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Sergei Alexandrovsky

Sergei A. Alexandrovsky (Сергей Анатольевич Александро́вский; born 21 November 1956, Kharkiv) is a Russian poet and translator.

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The Romaunt of the Rose

The Romaunt of the Rose (the Romaunt) is a partial translation into Middle English of the French allegorical poem, le Roman de la Rose (le Roman).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Duchess

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