He revised other Italian-inspired works such as Saint Cecilia and Palamon and Arcite into a collection modeled on the Decameron.
Among his surviving short poems are "Merciles Beaute" (Merciless Beauty), "Lak of Stedfastnesse" (Lack of Steadfastness), and "Against Women Unconstant." His son Lewis was the addressee of his Treatise on the Astrolabe, while his study of Italian literature was the inspiration for The Legend of Good Women and Parliament of Fowls. The French influence on him is seen in his namesake type of roundel and French-style romantic works such as The Book of the Duchess. He revised other Italian-inspired works such as Saint Cecilia and Palamon and Arcite into a collection modeled on the Decameron. For ten points, name this Middle English author of the Canterbury Tales.
Among his surviving short poems are "Merciles Beaute" (Merciless Beauty), "Lak of Stedfastnesse" (Lack of Steadfastness), and "Against Women Unconstant."
Geoffrey Chaucer