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100 Stunning Facts of English Literature:  1. Chaucer lived during the reigns of – Edward III, Richard II and Henry IV  2. Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales was written in – 1385 onwards  3. Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales belongs to – 3rd Period of Chaucer’s literary career 4. Norman Conquest took place in – 1066 (11th Century)  5. Wyclif’s Bible was published in – 1380 6. William Langland’s The Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman was written in – 1362-90 7. The Travels of Sir John Maundeville was published in - 1400 8. The Hundred Years’ War was begun in – 1337 (14th Century) 9. The Hundred Years’ War was fought between – England and France  10. Wat Tyler’s Rebellion took place in - 1381 11. The War of Roses was fought between – The House of York and the House of Lancaster 12. The War of Roses was fought during the period – 1455-86 13. Thomas Malory’s Morte De Arthur was written in – 1470 (published in 1485) 14. Caxton’s Printing Press was set up in – 1485  15. Thomas Mo