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U5 L6 Fourteenth-Century writers: Chaucer Flashcards

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1
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What kind of parallels exist between conditions of the 14th and 20th century?

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  • times of change
  • agrarian society with fixed prices and population
  • to urban structure based on commerce and industry
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Where does the name Chaucer come from?

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French word chaussier, meaning shoemaker

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Who may have been Chaucer’s immediate ancestors?

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prosperous vintners (wine merchant)

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When is Chaucer thought to be born and to whom?

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  • 1340s

- John Chaucer and (supposedly) agnes

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5
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What was Europe’s form of government during the medieval period?

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aristocratic

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What was the structure of the feudal system?

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King- granted land
Nobles- supplied money and men for defense
Lesser Nobles- dependent in Nobles, supplied same things
Knights- bottom

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What did the economic system of the manor control?

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serfs

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By Chaucer’s time, what was beginning to happen to feudalism?

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decline, replaced by industry and trade

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What are three of Chaucer’s pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales that reflect the feudal system?

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  • The Knight
  • The Squire
  • The Knight’s yeoman (servant in Prologue)
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What age did the The Squire become a squire and knight?

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S-14

K-21

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Who was a Franklin?

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  • landowners

- may have took part in feudal by contributing money/men than defending lord

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What class was the Franklin a representative of?

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new rich middle class

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Who was a Miller?

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  • resident of manor/town

- served an area

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Who was a Reeve?

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estate manager in lord’s abscence

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Who was a Plowman?

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freeman

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Why was the 14th century considered a period of transition?

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  • agrarian economy to commerce/industry
  • Hundred Years War, political and economic
  • Black Death
  • growing power of middle class
  • peasant rebellions
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What did Chaucer serve in the Hundred Years War?

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military service

18
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Where and when was Chaucer captured?

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French near Rheims, 1360

19
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Who was Chaucer’s wife?

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Philippa Roet

20
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Who was Philippa Roet’s sister and who did she marry?

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Katherine of Swynford, John of Gaunt

21
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How many children is Chaucer believed to have?

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  • daughter and two sons

- 3

22
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What were the occupations Chaucer had in his lifetime?

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  • civil servant
  • diplomat to France and Italy
  • Comptroller
  • justice of the peace
  • Parliament member
23
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In 1394, what had Chaucer been appointed as?

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Comptroller of Customs and Subsides on Wool, Skins, and Hides for the port of London

24
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What did Chaucer work as when he moved to Kent?

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  • justice of the peace

- Parliament member

25
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When did Chaucer’s wife die?

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1387

26
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What did Chaucer do after the death of his wife?

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-returned to London
-took office as Clerk of the King’s Works
two years later- deputy forester for royal forest in Somerset

27
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In spit of his government offices and royal gifts, what was Chaucer repeatedly in?

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debt

28
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Who wrote poems Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl?

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Pear Poet (not much known)

29
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What is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight? Why is it important

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  • Arthurian romance

- presents 14 cent customs and seasonal changes

30
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What is Pearl?

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  • elegy
  • dream vision
  • religious allegory containing vision of Paradise
  • combining French and English elements
31
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What is the twist in Pearl?

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girl is the poet’s two year old daughter who died

32
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What did pearls symbolize in Christianity?

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  • purity
  • virtue
  • truth
33
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What is dream-vision?

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  • poetic device used in 14 cent
  • poet walks in meadow/wood usually in spring
  • drifts off
  • has dream/vision that is usually an allegory
34
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What are works of Chaucer that contain dream-vision?

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  • Book of the Duchesse
  • The Parlement of Foules (birds)
  • The House of Fame
  • Nun’s Priest’s Tale

Dumb Follies are Famously Priests

35
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Who were 2 Mystics that recorded visions and spiritual insights?

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  • Richard Rolle

- Julian of Norwich

36
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What was the Handlyng Synne?

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  • compilation of moral tales

- Robert Mannying

37
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Who wrote The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman?

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William Langland

38
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What is Piers Plowman about?

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  • long poem
  • religious allegory, satire, social history, dream vision

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39
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What is Piers Plowman written in?

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alliterative verse

40
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How many languages did John Gower write in?

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3

41
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What did Chaucer call John Gower?

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moral Gower

42
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What is John Gower most famous for?

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Confessio Amantis

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