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1
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Middles Ages from when to when

A

12th to 15th century

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2
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Which centuries experienced a boom in all domains

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12th and 13th

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3
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Construction of notre dame in paris

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1163

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4
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First university (name it) created when

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Sorbonne, 1257

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5
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Calamities mark which centuries, what calamities

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14th and 15th, plague, 100 years war, revolts in town and countrysides

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6
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What happened in 1431

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Joan of Arc was burnt in Rouen

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7
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How were social and political institutions represented

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By fedualism where suzerain and vassals relationship are based on reciprocity of services

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France was multilingual in the middle ages how, what language was politically dominant

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Latin spoken by clergy, Oc spoken in south, oïl spoken in North , Oïl dominated

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Origin of theatre is religious and traced back to

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10th century

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10
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The episodes of the Bible are interpreted in _ and then the _language

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Latin, vulgar (romance)

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Firstly represented in the place of _ , the liturgical drama is then played in the _

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Interior of churches, streets

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12
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Which is the most ancient surviving text from the 12th century

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The play of Adam

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13
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The miracles are dedicated to the lives of saints. Such as? The mysteries are dedicated to the mystery of passion of christ. Such as?

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The Miracle of theophilia( Rutebeuf), The Mysteries of the passion( Arnoul Gréban)

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14
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Name a profane piece and a farce

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The play of the greenswards by Adam de la Halle, The Farce of Master Pathelin

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15
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The legendary stories have themes borrowed from?

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The history of France, antiquity, Celtic tales( Brittany)

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The legendary stories are written in which forms

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Novel form or verse form

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17
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The songs of heroic deeds narrate the exploits of the knights. Name one and talk about it

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The song of Roland belongs to the cycle of Emperor Charlemagne and glorified the combat of him against the Saracens

18
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What is the romance of Thebes about

A

Fratricide struggle of the sons of Oedipus

19
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Talk about the romance of Alexander

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Written in 12 feet and adapted from an ancient text

20
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First legend from Brittany

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The impossible love of Tristan and Iseut

21
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What was the impossible love of Tristan and Iseut gradually incorporated into

A

Cycle of King Arthur and the knights of the round table

22
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Who took up the Celtic myths and adapted them to the chivalric ideal, courtly love and then Christianised them

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Chrétien de Troyes

23
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Name a courtly love song and a Christianised one from Celtic myths

A

The knight of the lion, the tale of the grail

24
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What happened in second half of 12th century

A

Marie de France the first female French poet is inspired by the songs of heroic deeds to write her lais.

25
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What mixes realism and satire, rudeness and morality

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The satiric and moral tales

26
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Which tale has an animal world that resembles that of humans

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The tale of the fox

27
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What are fabliaux

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Short and sometimes vulgar comic stories based on puns and misunderstandings

28
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Who wrote the allegorical and didactic poem Romance of the Rose

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Guillaume de Lorris

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What is romance of the Rose about

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Based on the code of courtly love where the lover must seduce his lady, symbolised by a rose in an universe of allegorical people

30
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Who wrote sequel to romance of the Rose and how was it

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Jean de Meung, parodic and moralizing sequel far from the tone of first part

31
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Origin of lyrical poetry is what

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Its origin is in singing by troubadours

32
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What cultures was lyrical poetry influenced by

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Jewish, arab, Christian of Spain

33
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What was the new trend in 12th century wrt lyric poetry

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Bodel and Rutebeuf( the Rutebeuf complaint) which combined realism and personal lyricism

34
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What did Guillaume de Machaut do wrt lyrical poetry

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He detaches them from music and honors the poems in a fixed form

35
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Examples of poems in fixed format

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Ballads,roundels,lais

36
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Who distinguished themselves in lyric poetry

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Christian de Pisan, Charles d’orleans and Francois Villon

37
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What are the chronicles

A

Testimonies on contemporary events

38
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What does Villehardouin recount about

A

The fourth crusade

39
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What does Joinvilles recount about

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The history of Saint louis( king louis IX )

40
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What does Froissart recount about

A

In chronicles, about wars of Europe till 1400

41
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What did Phillip de Commynes recount about

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Reigns of Louis XI and Charles VIII

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