Middle Ages Test Flashcards
The most developed character in the Prologue.
The Wife of Bath
Who brought feudalism?
William the Conqueror
Never mentions Christianity in their tale
Pardoner
Who had Malory’s work published?
William Caxton
Who is a near-perfect hero?
Gawain
Who spent 20 years in prison?
Sir Thomas Malory
Who brags about marriages?
The Wife of Bath
Who has little or no concern about religious matters?
Pardoner
Who can be compared to the old woman?
The Wife of Bath
Who commissioned the Doomsday Book?
William the Conqueror
Who is the Innkeeper in the Canterbury Tales?
Geoffrey Chaucer
Who is the 2nd most developed character in the Canterbury Tales?
Pardoner
Who is the Father of English Poetry?
Geoffrey Chaucer
Which character is the product of Druid myth?
The Green Knight
Who defeated the Anglo-Saxon king?
William the Conqueror
What happened in 1095?
The Crusades started
What happened in 1215?
Magna Carta signed
What happened in 1348?
Plague hits England
First serious poet?
Geoffrey Chaucer
Two major themes of the Canterbury Tales?
The unfaithful wife & the patient and suffering woman