WOB Flashcards
1
Q
3 estates:
A
the clergy: those who prayed
nobility: those who lead and were idealised
commoners/ peasants: laboured
2
Q
gentilesse:
A
- expected of men
-concept that linke virtue with high birth. It was thought that members of nobility automatically inherited the cirtues of chivalry, courtesy, generosity and morality. - the hag reintroduces this idea suggesting that these qualities belong to a character, not social rank or birth, dismissing the hegemonic medieval ideal
3
Q
how did chaucer ascend in social status?
A
4
Q
Extract about religious justification of the Wife for being a slut:
A
44-82
5
Q
extract about female desire- wife talking about her 5th husband:
A
508-531
6
Q
Jankin abuse passage*
A
788-828
7
Q
2 extracts about choice (with the queen and the hag)
A
888-899 (king gives queen mastery)
1219-1240 (hag gives the knight the choice about the type of wife)
8
Q
wealth extract:
A
1195-1206
or
411-418
9
Q
extract about gender roles and fate
A
609-620
10
Q
extract about sex:
A
124-149
