Middle Ages Flashcards
who can be compared to the old woman
wife of bath
who is the 2nd most developed character in the prolouge
the pardoner
who is the most developed character in the Prolouge?
wife of bath
married 5 times
wife of bath
commissioned the Doomsday Book
William the Qonqueror
who brought Fuedalism
William the Conqueror
who defeated the Anglo- Saxon King
William The Conqueror
what changes did the Blank Death bring
Freed the serfs
ended Feudalism
what began in 1095
the crusades
what was signed in 1215
Magna Carta
when was the dirt book published in English?
1475
what began in 1348
Black Plague
who never mentions christiany in their tales
the Pardoner
2 major themes in the Canterbury tales
the unfaithful wife and the patient , suffering woman
what is the frame work for the Canterbury tales
Prolouge
who is the Inn keeper in the Canterbury tales
Chaucer
who has a moral code but doesn’t stick to it
Parader
father of English poetry
Chaucer
who is the product of Druid myth
green knight
near perfect heroes
Sir Gawain and King Arthur
spent 20 yrs in prison writing
Sir Thomas Mallory
had Mallory’s work published after he dies
William Caxton
how many Canterbury tales there are
how many of them were there suppose to be
24… suppose to be 116
how are the characters identified in the Canterbury tales
by their occupations
what type of story is the Wife of Bath
fairytale type
two narratives woven into Arthurian legend
A mortal challenge and an erotic temptation
2 major kids of ballods
folk and literary
what the wife of bath and the old lady defend
old woman- poverty and low status
WOB- female sexuality
what types of ballods is Lord Randal
folk and conversational
Two types of ballods is Edward Edward
international and conversational
during the middles ages, what 4 lit forms were dominate
epic, romances, ballods and allegories
4 lit genres in the Canterbury tales
fables, moral tales, religious allegory and romantic adventure
how is the pardoner’s ironic
he is preaching against avarice I’m effort to profit from the selling of phony relics
summarize “Get up and Bard the door”
Neither the husband or wife would get up and lock the door so all these people break in and they still sat there. The people who broke in were beat up and tour tired and the burglars ate all there food and all they did was sit there
list 4 elemnents of romance
a quest, super nature events, an evil energy and test of a hero
Three elements of a typical aromatic hero. Give an example from Arthurian Legends
Born under strange circumstances, aided by a magical weapon, His death is shrouded in mystery. Le Morte Darthur is an example
the pardoner’s tale is a story about
3 hoodlums who go looking for death after they were told he killed their friend
kept a secret gift?
Sir Gawin
warned Arthur in a dream
Sir Gawain
