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Medieval Literature
Hausauer : Brit Lit : Tri 1
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Literature
11th Grade
10/17/2013

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Ballad
Definition
A form of narrative poetry meant to be sung or recited and characterized by its presentation of a dramatic or exciting episode in simple narrative form
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Ballad Stanza
Definition
  • 4 lines rhyming ABCB
  • iambic tetrameter in 1st and 3rd lines
  • iambic trimeter in 2nd and 4th lines
  • rhyme often approximate, with consonance and assonance frequently appearing
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Prologue
Definition

 

a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work

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Name of King Arthur's Sword
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Excallibur
Term
What happens to the sword?
Definition
It gets thrown into the river
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What happens after the word is thrown into the river?
Definition
a hand brandishes it
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Church owned large tracks of land called what
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fiefs
Term
Language of the clergy and legal people
Definition
Latin
Term
First complete account of the rise and fall of Arthurs kingdom
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History of the Kings of Britain
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Who wrote the History of the Kings of Britain?
Definition
Geoffery of Monmoth
Term
What was the war called between England and France?
Definition
100 Years War
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What new weapons were brought about in the 100 Years War?
Definition
crossbow and canon
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What was the revolt against serfdom called?
Definition
Peasants Revolt
Term
What kind spent the majority of his rule outside of England?
Definition
Richard the Lionheart (or Richard the 1st)
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What killed 1/3 of Englands population?
Definition
Black Plague
Term
What was it called when there were briefly 3 popes reigning?
Definition
the Great Schism
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What was the Doomsday Book?
Definition

Written by King Arthur

recorded all people and what they owned 

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His reign saw the murder of Thomas Beckett
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Henry II
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The only knight alive at the end of Morte d'Arthur
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Bedivere
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Where Morte d'Arthur was written
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prison
Term
Number of pilgrims at the Tabard Inn
Definition
29
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Frame
Definition
a narrative within a narrative (ex. Canterbury Tales)
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Couplet
Definition

2 lines that rhyme

(ex. Canterbury Tales)

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Pseudo Science
Definition
belief that your personality is shown through your physical appearance
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Narrative passed down containing some form of truth
Definition
legend
Term
What is the prize in the Canterbury Tales?
Definition
the winner gets dinner paid for by everyone else
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Who is the perfect, ideal king?
Definition
King Arthur
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What did King Arthur support?
Definition
chivalry (knights)
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How long did Arthur have to wait before making the treaty that would allow Sir Lancelot to come to his aid?
Definition
1 month
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Why does the battle between King Arthur and Mordred begin?
Definition
Someone draws his sword to kill a snake and the soldiers mistake it for the begin of the fight
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System of land tenure based on military service
Definition
Fuedal System
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Unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
Definition
iambic foot
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Number of completed tales in the Canterbury tales
Definition
21
Term
How many tales were there supposed to be in the Canterbury Tales?
Definition
120
Term
What was the war that ended the medieval period?
Definition
War of the Roses
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4 lines rhyming ABCB
Definition
ballad stanza
Term
"...hunting was his sport."
Definition
monk
Term
"She'd had 5 husbands blah blah blah"
Definition
Wife of Bath
Term
"...straining to counterfeit a courtly kind.."
Definition
Prioress
Term
"Nowhere was there so busy a man as he/But less busy than he seemed to be."
Definition
Sergeant at Law
Term
"In 15 mortal battles he had been..."
Definition
knight
Term
"In compant she liked to laugh and chat..."
Definition
Wife of Bath
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"Christ and the 12 apostles and their lore/He taught, but followed it himself before."
Definition
Parson
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"He lived for pleasure as he had always done"
Definition
Franklin
Term
"...for he was qualified to hear confessions"
Definition
friar
Term
"his head was like a nut, his face was brown..."
Definition
yoeman
Term
"The thought of moral virtue filled his speech"
Definition
clerk
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"He loved so hotly til the dawn grew pale/He slept as little as a nightengale"
Definition
squire
Term
"a thumb of gold by God to gauge an oat"
Definition
miller
Term
"what a pity-or so it had seemed to me/that he should have an ulcer on his knee."
Definition
cook
Term
"garlic he loved, and onions too, and leeks"
Definition
summoner
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"Just home from service he had joined our ranks..."
Definition
knight
Term
"Whatever money from his friends he took/He spent on learning or another book."
Definition
clerk
Term
"He sent his prisoners home-they walked the plank"
Definition
skipper
Term
"...he paid his tithes in full when they were due"
Definition
plowman
Term
"when young he'd learned a useful trade and still/He was a carpenter of first rate skill."
Definition
reeve
Term
"at meat her manners were well taught withal"
Definition
prioress
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"Now isn't it a marvel of God's grace/that an illiterate fellow can outpace/the wisdom of a heap of learned men."
Definition
manciple
Term
"Their wisdom would have justified a plan to make each on an alerman."
Definition
guildsmen
Term
"He served the finest victuals you could think."
Definition
host
Term
"Armour vincit omnia"
Definition
prioress
Term
"Gold stimulated the heart, or so we're told/he therefore had a special love of gold."
Definition
doctor
Term
"This little proverb he would add there to/That if gold rust, then what would iron do?"
Definition
parson
Term
"for though a widon might'nt have a shoe..."
Definition
friar
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"His face on fire like a cherubim..."
Definition
summoner
Term
"Then Question quid juris was his tag..."
Definition
summoner
Term
"He was an expert at currency exchange"
Definition
i have no fucking clue wait jk merchant
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"Loving God best with all his heart and mind"
Definition
plowman
Term
"I'll go along with you myself and rise.."
Definition
host
Term
"The rule of good St. Benet and St. Maur"
Definition
monk
Term
this fucker had a wart on his nose
Definition
miller
Term
"yet he was rather close as to expenses/ and kept the gold he won in (big word that starts with p)"
Definition
doctor
Term
"No bailiff, serf or herdsman dared to kick/He knew their dodges, knew their every trick"
Definition
pardonner
Term
"He'd sewed a holy relic on his cap..."
Definition
pardonner
Term
"...had gapped-teeth, set widely truth to say..."
Definition
wife of bath
Term
"Hardly he was prudent in undertaking/his beard in many a tempest had its shaking"
Definition
summoner
Term
"He was an honest worker good and true/living in peace and perfect charity"
Definition
plowman
Term
"his was a master hand at stealing grain..."
Definition
miller
Term
"His wits to work none knew he was in debt/he was so stately in administration"
Definition
merchant
Term
"He knew of every judgement, case and crime..."
Definition
sergeant at law
Term
"a medal of St. christopher he wore/of shining silver on his breast, and bore/a hunting horn well slung and bernished clean..."
Definition
yeoman
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