U5 L5 English Literature 1066-1400 (PART 3)

Question 1

Attitudes towards what had influenced 12th century French literature?

Answer 1

chivalry and courtly love

Question 2

Chivalry was an outgrowth of what?

Answer 2

feudal system

Question 3

What were 4 mandates of the Chivalric code?

Answer 3

• honor
• loyalty
• bravery
• courtesy

Question 4

Courtly love is term for a type of love described by whom?

Answer 4

12th cent Frenchman, Andreas Capellanus (Andrew the Chaplain

Question 5

The tradition of courtly love was spread by who?

Answer 5

minstrels or troubadours

Question 6

How is a lady presented in courtly love?

Answer 6

• perfect
• blond hair
• gray eyes
• clear complexion
• rosy mouth
• white skin
• high social position

Question 7

How is a man’s reaction to a lady in courtly love?

Answer 7

• he must suffer because of his love
• fears to reveal love
• tries to prove himself

Question 8

What are 4 of Chaucer’s Tales that contain comments/satires on courtly love?

Answer 8

• Knight’s Tale
• Franklin’s Tale
• Merchant’s Tale
• Squire’s Tale

Question 9

What was the Ancrene Riwle?

Answer 9

rule for Anchoresses written by a priest

Question 10

What was the main theme of Religious lyrics?

Answer 10

transitory nature of life

Question 11

What is the recurring question that Religious lyrics ask?

Answer 11

Where are…

Question 12

What is the implied response to the common question in Religious lyrics?

Answer 12

they are gone/dead

Question 13

What was Didactic literature written to do?

Answer 13

teach a lesson

Question 14

What form did most Didactic poems take up?

Answer 14

debate

Question 15

What is The Owl and the Nightengale?

Answer 15

Didactic poem about two bird debating

Question 16

What is argued in The Owl and the Nightengale?

Answer 16

• versus-
• youth and age
• summer and winter
• art and philosophy
• monastic and secular clergy
• moral duty and pleasure

Question 17

What is the Debate of the Body and Soul?

Answer 17

Didactic poem about dead or near dead body and a soul that scolds the body for not living better life

Question 18

What is the Bestiary?

Answer 18

• set of short Didactic poems
• allegorizes animals
• first describes all traits of animal
• allegory then explained

Question 19

What is Breton Lay?

Answer 19

• secular song form from Brittany

- deals with romance

Question 20

What is a famous Breton Lay?

Answer 20

Sir Orfeo

Question 21

What were the popular types of literature in the thirteenth century?

Answer 21

• debates/didactic
• lyrical ballads
• religious poems

Question 22

Who are troubadours?

Answer 22

knightly poet/composer who wrote of love and chivalry