Who Was Alive

Were Geoffrey Chaucer and Christine de Pizan alive at the same time?

Yes. Geoffrey Chaucer and Christine de Pizan were alive at the same time, from 1364 to c. 1400.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

English poet

Born c. 1343 · died c. 1400

Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan

French poet

Born 11 September 1364 · died 1430, aged 65 or 66

  1. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  2. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  3. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  4. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  5. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  6. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  7. Christine de Pizan, 1364 – 1430
  8. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  9. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431

Geoffrey Chaucer and Christine de Pizan in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Geoffrey Chaucer and Christine de Pizan were born

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