King Arthur Flashcards

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…the emperor will be successful in 43-50 ad.

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Claudius

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invades Britain in 55/54 bc. Though his attempt to conquer the Celtic peoples living here fails at this time..

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Julius Caesar

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Caesar does however leave us with his…a vital source of our info about the Celtic peoples living in Gaul.

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Commentaries on the Gallic wars

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The emperor…builds a wall in the north of England to keep out the invading Picts and scots. 121-127 ad

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Hadrian

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When the…sack Rome in 410, the Romans decide to abandon Britain.

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Visigoths

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Large scale Germanic invasions of 449.

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…defeats the Muslim invaders at the battle of tours in 732.

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Charles Martel

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Carolingian Renaissance of the …century.-Charlemagne

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9th

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…ends the period of Anglo Saxon rule in Britain (1066) and inaugurates the Norman Line of British kings.

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William the conqueror

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The duke died without an heir, leaving the …to his position in question.

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Succession

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The knights decided that the fighter with the greatest…would become duke.

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Prowess

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Many knights fought and fell…

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Ignominiously

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Young eamon faced a fierce …,sir ranulf

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Adversary

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The crowd used angry words to…Eamon.

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Abash

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Eamons skill and easy victory helped to …his honor

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Vindicate

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The knights all vowed to support eamon without…

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Recompense

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They swore…to him as their duke.

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Fidelity

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If a night belittles someone, he uses words of…

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Disparagement

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A…knight is one who wanders

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Vagrant

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A chivalric knight must fight for and …his lady

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Exalt

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If a knight betrays someone, he must expect…for his actions

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Reprisal

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Only an..knight would rush into battle unprepared

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Intemperate

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After months of questing, even the strongest knight is hungry and…

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Haggard

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Connotation of wondering knight

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Errant

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Moving from place to place

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Itinerant

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Haggard: exhausted, ambition, rested, weary

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Rested

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Intemperate: unruly, cautious, angry, fearful

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Cautious

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Disparagement: fury, excitement, praise, aggravation

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Praise

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Exalt: praise, condemn, honor, expire

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Condemn

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Vagrant: rooted, wandering, lost, confused

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Rooted

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Nennius

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Early 7th century monk, names Arthur the hero at badon hills

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Geoffrey of Monmouth

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Made Arthur a descendant of Aeneas, first shaper of Arthur legend, first to mention Merlin the magician

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Wace

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Round table

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Chretien de Troyes

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High Middle Ages, features love triangle, single hero adventure story, dies before answering holy grail

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Sit Thomas Malory

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Le morte d’arthur, wrote while in prison, William Caxton published off gutenburgs printing press, wrote during end of Middle Ages and knighthood

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Alfred lord Tennyson

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Idylls of the king, made Arthur a moral leader

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T.H. White

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20th century, the once and future king, humorous and modern

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The venerable bede

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The history of the English church and people

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He wrote the most comprehensive history of early Britain- history of the English church and people

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The venerable Bede