medieval period Flashcards
event and year that starts the medieval period
1066
norman conquest
ruler who introduced the feudal system
william the conqueror
french queen who brough chivalry to the courts of englnad
eleanor of aquitaine
ruler whose treacherous brother JOhn aappers in robin hood legends at hteh villian
richard the lionhearted
document established to limit royal privilge to the king
magna carta
person who ordered the first complete translation of the bible into english
john wycliffe
author of le morte d’ arthur
sir thomas mallory
adventure tales of heroic knights are called
romantic tales
four characteristics of the romantic tales-
a year and a day
magic
idealized setting -camelot
test of knight’s honor
desribe chaucer’s view
miscroscopic
place where chaucer is buried
poet’s corner, westminster abbey
language of teh aristocrats
french
language of the clergy
latin
language of the commoner
english
event that ended the medieval period
war of the roses
king who won the war of the roses
henry VI
king who was defeated in the war of the roses
richard III
type of verse that the canterbury tales is writte in
heroic couplets
chaucer’s title
father of english literature
person pilggrims are going to pay tribute to in canterbury
st. thomas of becket
another name for themedivela operiod
middle ages
the name of the 1st part of teh canterbury tales
general prolouge
the name of a ballad about domestic conflict
get up and bar the door
name of the sword that bedivere takes to the lake
excalibur
person who kills king arthur
modred
paradise where heroes are taken after death
avalon
anotehr word for greed,
avarice
pilgrim who tale has the theme of avarice
the pardoner
person who wants revenge on launcelot for killing his brother
sir gawain
pilgrim known for being ugly
summoner
pilgrim who fought for his king in the crusades
knight
pilgrim who fed little dogs the fiest roasted meat
nun
pilgrim who is strong
miller
pilgrim hwo is a sphard
parson
pilgrim who is a landownder
frankling
pilgrim who cmpared to a gelding or mare, not stallion
pardoner
pilgrim who was embroidered like a meadow bright
squire
ballad that realates at tale of piosoning
lord randal
symbol of peace in sir gawain
holly branch
piglrim who has a dirty mouth
miller
place where the pilgrims started
southwark/ tabard inn
season that the pilgrims left for canterbury
spring- april
seven deadly sins
lust greed pride envy sloth gluttony wrath
“once dead what matter how their souls may fare? they can go blackberrying for all icare!”
pardoner
you say im a old and fouler than a hen/ you needd not fear to be a cuckold then”
work?
wife of bath’s tale
his neck was whiter than a lily flower
friar
chlidren were afraid when he appaeared
summoner
he had joined our ranks ‘/ to do his pilgrimage and render thanks
knight
for in his trunk he had a pillowcase/ which he asserted was our layd’s veil
pardoner
why, hed allow just for a queart of wine/ any good lad to keep a concubine
summoner
and jesu-hear my prayer! cut short the lives/ of those who won’t be goverened by their wives1”
speaker?
old lady in wfie of bath’s tale
I will. .. sue for peace, for peace is always preferable to war”
launcelot
” as a pearl is of greater rice than dry white peas/ so _______ stands out above all other knights
sir gawain
you are nothing but beardless babes about this bench.
spekaer?
the green knight
for instance—we are all at fortune’s beck – your horse may thorw you down and break your neck
speaker?
pardoner
fine gray fur, the finest in the land, and supple boots
monk
woe to the cook whose sauces had no sting!
franklin
that if gold rust, what then will iron do?
parson
he felt it with his thumb, and thus he knw/ its quality and took theree times his due
miller
he paid his tithes in full hwy they wer due
plowman
we set him up in judgement over us
host
themes of ballads
loyalty, revenge, remorse, betryal, envy ,
topics of ballads
disastorus wars, tragiv love, shipwrecks, enterprising outlaws
who was gay
pardoner
who was epicurean
the franklin
why does gawain hold a grudge against launcelot
launcelot killed gawain’s two brother
what does launcelot notice about gawain’s fighting in the morning and at noon
gawain’s strenght rises for 3 hours until noon
“i will never strike a night who has fallen”
launcelot
what is the moral of the pardoner’s tale
avarice is the root of all evil
how many rioters in the pardoner’s tale
3
what are the riotes in the pardoner’s tale searching for
death
what is a florin
gold coin
