Middle Ages Flashcards

1
Q

who can be compared to the old woman

A

wife of bath

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2
Q

who is the 2nd most developed character in the prolouge

A

the pardoner

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3
Q

who is the most developed character in the Prolouge?

A

wife of bath

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4
Q

married 5 times

A

wife of bath

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5
Q

commissioned the Doomsday Book

A

William the Qonqueror

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6
Q

who brought Fuedalism

A

William the Conqueror

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7
Q

who defeated the Anglo- Saxon King

A

William The Conqueror

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8
Q

what changes did the Blank Death bring

A

Freed the serfs

ended Feudalism

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9
Q

what began in 1095

A

the crusades

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10
Q

what was signed in 1215

A

Magna Carta

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11
Q

when was the dirt book published in English?

A

1475

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12
Q

what began in 1348

A

Black Plague

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13
Q

who never mentions christiany in their tales

A

the Pardoner

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14
Q

2 major themes in the Canterbury tales

A

the unfaithful wife and the patient , suffering woman

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15
Q

what is the frame work for the Canterbury tales

A

Prolouge

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16
Q

who is the Inn keeper in the Canterbury tales

A

Chaucer

17
Q

who has a moral code but doesn’t stick to it

A

Parader

18
Q

father of English poetry

A

Chaucer

19
Q

who is the product of Druid myth

A

green knight

20
Q

near perfect heroes

A

Sir Gawain and King Arthur

21
Q

spent 20 yrs in prison writing

A

Sir Thomas Mallory

22
Q

had Mallory’s work published after he dies

A

William Caxton

23
Q

how many Canterbury tales there are

how many of them were there suppose to be

A

24… suppose to be 116

24
Q

how are the characters identified in the Canterbury tales

A

by their occupations

25
Q

what type of story is the Wife of Bath

A

fairytale type

26
Q

two narratives woven into Arthurian legend

A

A mortal challenge and an erotic temptation

27
Q

2 major kids of ballods

A

folk and literary

28
Q

what the wife of bath and the old lady defend

A

old woman- poverty and low status

WOB- female sexuality

29
Q

what types of ballods is Lord Randal

A

folk and conversational

30
Q

Two types of ballods is Edward Edward

A

international and conversational

31
Q

during the middles ages, what 4 lit forms were dominate

A

epic, romances, ballods and allegories

32
Q

4 lit genres in the Canterbury tales

A

fables, moral tales, religious allegory and romantic adventure

33
Q

how is the pardoner’s ironic

A

he is preaching against avarice I’m effort to profit from the selling of phony relics

34
Q

summarize “Get up and Bard the door”

A

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

35
Q

list 4 elemnents of romance

A

a quest, super nature events, an evil energy and test of a hero

36
Q

Three elements of a typical aromatic hero. Give an example from Arthurian Legends

A

Born under strange circumstances, aided by a magical weapon, His death is shrouded in mystery. Le Morte Darthur is an example

37
Q

the pardoner’s tale is a story about

A

3 hoodlums who go looking for death after they were told he killed their friend

38
Q

kept a secret gift?

A

Sir Gawin

39
Q

warned Arthur in a dream

A

Sir Gawain