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Chapter 5 Flashcards

1
Q

Anglo-Saxon law was based on the idea of the _____, or “_____” of an individual.

A

wergeld
life-price

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2
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The epic poem, _____, provides an account of a Scandinavian warrior who rids a community of monsters that have ravaged the land.

A

Beowulf

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3
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One of its most notable literary features, common to Old English literature, is _____, or _____, substituted for the usual name of a person or thing.

A

its reliance on compound phrases
kennings

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4
Q

Around 563, an Irish monk, _____, founded a monastery on the Scottish island of _____.

A

Columba
Iona

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5
Q

Augustine is credited with building a cathedral at _____ and a church dedicated to _____ in _____.

A

Canterbury
St. Paul
London

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6
Q

Bishop Eadfrith designed the _____ Gospels.

A

Lindisfarne

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7
Q

The first Celtic cross was made by St. Patrick who made the mark of _____ through the _____ on _____.

A

a Latin cross
circle
an ancient standing stone monument

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8
Q

On Christmas day, 800 CE, _____ crowned _____ emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

A

Pope Leo III
Charlemagne

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9
Q

Roland’s horn was made from the _____ of _____.

A

ivory
an elephants tusk

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10
Q

The strict and unwritten code of conduct that hooded a knight consisted of:

A

Courage in battle
Loyalty to his lord and peers
A courtesy verging on reverence toward women

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11
Q

The rule of _____ was imposed on all monasteries throughout Charlemagne’s _____ kingdom.

A

Benedict of Nursia
Frankish

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12
Q

The dining hall where monks ate their meals was known as the _____.

A

refectory

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13
Q

___, _____, ran one of the most prominent Anglo-Saxon monasteries, a community of both monks and nuns

A

Hilda
abbess of Whiteby

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14
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A _____ refers to a musical note used in Gregorian chants.

A

neum

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15
Q

_____ documents the Norman invasion of England in 1066

A

The Bayeux Tapestry

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16
Q

The Domesday Book resulted from a call by William I of Normandy for a _____ so that he could more accurately determine how much tax he could raise to _____

A

complete survey of England
provide a new army

17
Q

_____ claimed as its relic the tunic that the Virgin Mary wore when she gave birth to Christ

A

Chartres

18
Q

The days of the week are derived from the names of _____ gods:
Tuesday-_____
Wednesday-_____
Thursday-_____
Friday-_____

A

saxon
tiw
woden
thor
frigg, woden wife

19
Q

The saxon word bury can be translated as _____

A

fort

20
Q

The saxon word chester can be translated as _____

A

camp

21
Q

_____ were free men who owned farms of 90-100 acres

A

Churls

22
Q

_____ claimed as its relic the bones of Mary Magdalene

A

Vezelay

23
Q

The _____ is the elongated arched masonry structure spanning an interior space and shaped like a half cylinder.

A

barrel vault

24
Q

The _____ refers to wedge-shaped stones that form the arch in a Romanesque church

A

voussoir

25
Q

The _____ refers to an almond-shape oval of light signifying divinity, imported from the far East through Byzantium and commonly used by Romanesque artists

A

mandorla

26
Q

Pope Innocent III was the author of _____, whose message was adopted as official doctrine of the Western Catholic Church.

A

On the Misery of the Human Condition

27
Q

The translation for _____ is the reminder of death.

A

memento mori

28
Q

_____ is often credited with developing one of the first effective systems of musical notation a method which used the letters __ through __ to name the seven notes of the Western scale.

A

Odo of Cluny
A
G

29
Q

_____ introduced the idea of depicting notes on a stagg of lines so that the same note always appears on the same line

A

Guido of Arezzo

30
Q

_____ manipulated the _____ Crusade to its advantage, resulting in its becoming one of the most powerful city-states in the easter Mediterranean

A

Venice
Fourth

31
Q

In the decade that she lived at _____, Eleanor and her daughter, countess of Champagne, established that city as the center of a _____ culture and _____ movement that celebrated the art of _____

A

Poitiers
secular
literary
courtly love

32
Q

_____ composed “Cruel art the pains I’ve suffered”.

A

Beatriz de Dia

33
Q

Chretien de Troys composed _____, which centered on the adventures of ______

A

Lancelot
a knight in king Authur’s court.

34
Q

_____ is considered an example of the “medieval romance”.

A

Lancelot

35
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