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41 Cards in this Set
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beast fable
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a short, usually simple tale that teaches a moral and often uses animal characters
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fabliaux
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an extremely rude, comical story
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romance
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a medieval narrative that blends adventure, love and magic
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farce
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a comedy taht uses improbable situations, exaggerated characters and slapstick action
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exemplum
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a story unsed to illustrate a moral lesson, ofter within a sermon
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allegory
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a moral tale in which the characters represent virtures/ vices
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accrue
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to come as gain; accumulate
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agility
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an ability to move quickly
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courtliness
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refined behavior; elegance
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defer
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to postpone
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diligent
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painstaking; hardworking
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disdain
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show of contempt; scorn
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dispatch
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promptness; efficiency
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eminent
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standing out above others; high ranking; prominent
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frugal
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careful with money; thrifty
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malady
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a diesease or disorder; ailment
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mode
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a current fashion or style
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personable
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pleasing in behavior and apperance
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repine
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to complain; fret
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sedately
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in a composed, dignified manner; calmly
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wield
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to handle skillfully
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old english
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keltic
roman angles saxons and jutes (germanic) vikings (germanic) |
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middle english
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old english + french influence
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battle of hastings
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french took over
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feudalism
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king owned lang, gave to nobles in exchange for protection
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magna carta
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granted more power to barons while limiting royal authority
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frame story
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canterbury tales
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knight
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"true, perfect gentleman"
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merchant
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flashy, well dressed, serious, frugal in debt but no one knows it, forkish beard, moltly dress (multicolored)
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pardoner
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eunich, yellow, long hair, sold indulgences, big eyes, cocky
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the miller
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works with grain; played bagpipes; told crude stories; farted alot; red head; boastful bc of stength
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franklin
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tax collector; wealthy land owner, royal tax collecter; older w/ white beard
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wife of bath
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fat; flirty; married 5x
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iambic pentameter
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10 syllabuls, the first syllabul is unaccented, 2nd is accented
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frame story
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story within a story
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thomas a' becket
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archbishop, died on the alter
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morgan le Fey
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arthurs step sister
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mordred
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child broght by morgan le fey to see arthur
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lancelot
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arthur's bff
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galahad
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only knight able to fulfill the quest for the holy grail
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chivalry
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code followed by the knights
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