Canterbury Tails Prologue Quiz Flashcards
Palmers
Pilgrims who carried palm branches as a token that they had visited the holy land
Frame story
A frame story exist when the story is told within a narrative setting or frame, Creating a story within a story
Penance
And outperform to make amends for one sins
Absolution
Formal forgiveness for one’s sins
Shrift
Confession
Tithes
Standard payments made to the church
The knight
A warrior who has fought in the Crusades, the military campaigns of medieval Christians against the Muslims
The Squire
The knights son and attendant
The yeoman
A master woodsman serving the knight
The prioress
A nun ranking just below the head none
The monk
A member of a religious order who also served as the head of his monastery
The friar
A preacher who travels about, begging for donations
Merchant
A seemingly wealthy businessman and
The Oxford clerk
A Poor scholar educated at Oxford university for the clergy
The Man of the law
A lawyer appointed by the king to serve as the judge of the traveling law court
The Franklin
A wealthy landowner
The skipper
A master of his vessel who hails from the country of dark mouth
The doctor
Respected medical man
The wife of Bath
A widow from the town of bath
The parson
A parish priest from the rural parish
The plowman
A farmer who is the parsons Brother
The Miller
The operator of a grain mill
The reeve
A manager of a wealthy landowners estate
Summoner
A petty officer who sites persons to appear before the church courts
The pardoner
A minor church man or lay man who sells indulgences in return for donations
The host
The owner of the tabard Inn where the pilgrims assemble
Choleric
Angry or stubborn
Melancholic
Thoughtful or gloomy
Sanguine
Courageous and hopeful
Phlegmatic
Dull plotting
Roman Catholic Church
A powerful institution in the Western Europe, The church with the center of daily life in every village in town
Church bells
Announce the time for work, meals, rest and for mass, the workshop service
The divine comedy
The Italian poet Dante alighieris literacy masterpiece
The church universities and monasteries
Center of learning or scholars and monks wrote translated and copied manuscripts
Gothic cathedrals
Architectural marvel of the age
Selling of indulgences
Issued by the pope or said to reduce or cancel the punishment in the next life for sins forgiven here on earth
Of religious offices to the highest bidder
Resulted in some clergy who were in moral, uneducated or even illiterate
