Medieval Literature Flashcards

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1
Q

Say 1358 in French

A

Mille trois cent cinquante huit

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2
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En quelle année Christine Pisan est-elle arrivée en France?

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Mille trois cent cinquante huit

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Il y a combien d’années qu’elle a vécu?

A

Il y a six-cent soixante cinq ans

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4
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he was a doctor

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il était médecin

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5
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he was an astrologer

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il était astrologue

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A quel cour le père de Christine Pisan a-t-il été appelé?

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Le Cours de Charles V

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à quel âge Christine de Pisan est-elle devenue veuve ?

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à l’âge de 25 ans

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8
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the verb to provide for

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subvenir à

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9
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she became a writer

A

elle devenait écrivain

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10
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didactic, academic, enlightening

A

didactique

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11
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political life of the kingdom

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la vie politique du royaume

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12
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Widowed at 25 years of age

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Veuve à vingt cinq ans

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13
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Book of the body of politics (1408)

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un livre du corps de policie (mille quatre cent huit)

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14
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Who was the book of the body of politics written for

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pour le dauphine Louis de Guyenne

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it was a book to guide the young prince morally to make a good king.

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c’était un livre destiné à guider moralement le jeune prince pour faire un bon roi.

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16
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Another book that Christine wrote about love?

A

Cent ballades d’amant et de dame

17
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What was her first feminist book

A

L’Épître au dieu d’amours

18
Q

What is an epistle

A

un poème ou une autre œuvre littéraire sous la forme d’une lettre ou d’une série de lettres.

19
Q

she rebels against the contempt with which women are accused by Jean de Meung in the Roman de la Rose.

A

elle s’insurge contre le mépris avec leqel les femmes sont accusées pas Jean de Meung dans le Roman de la Rose.

20
Q

to rebel

A

s’insurger

21
Q

contempt

A

le mépris

22
Q

Where dis Christin de Pisan retire

A

Elle a retirée dans un couvent.

23
Q

What did she write in the convent?

A

Lamentation sur les maux de la geurre civile

24
Q

And what else did she write in the convent?

A

Dictié en hommage de la Pucelle

25
Q

joan of arc was burned at the stake in Rouen in the 15th century by the English.

A

Jeanne d’Arc a été brûlée sur le bûcher à Rouen au XVe siècle par les Anglais.

26
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to disrespect, to mistreat, to speak ill of

A

ne pas respecter, malmener, dire du mal