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
Framework for the Canterbury Tales?
The General Prologue
- a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral (where St. Thomas of Becket was murdered centuries before). By using the pilgrimage, he brought together 3 classes of people and essentially represented all of medieval society (feudal class-related to the land, ecclesiastical order-the medieval church, professionals-merchants & people of the emerging middle class). The Prologue supplies the readers with a guide to the character’s motivation for each tale he or she tells
How does Chaucer define his characters?
Defined in terms of their occupation; Chaucer tries to show their best qualities
How many tales were there supposed to be and how many were there actually?
There should have been 116 tales, but Chaucer only completed 24
What did the Wife of Bath and Old Woman defend?
The old woman defends poverty and low status like the Wife of Bath defends female sexuality