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45 Cards in this Set
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Most important event of the Middle Ages
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Translation of the Bible
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The medieval church had 2 main forms for power
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excommunication and interdict
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Henry II clashed w/ this person
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Thomas Becket
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Henry is reported to have said this in the company of sine if his noblemen
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"Can no on rid me of this troublesome priest?"
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In 1215, this was drafted by his barons and forcible signed by King John limiting the rights of Kings. Ended the "Divine Right of Kings"
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Magna Carta
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English lit. after the Norman invasion was brought down from the aristocracy (who now wrote in French) to what level?
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Popular
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English folk motif examples:
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Robin Hood and Aurthur
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Elements of romance:
-tale of adventure celebrating ___ _____ ___ _____ __ _ ____ -included the ____________ -often ________ ____ |
-the deeds and manner of a hero
-supernatural -romantic love |
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A short narrative poem intended to be ____
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Sung
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Utilizing a simple _____ ____
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Verse form
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Characteristic short peom was the ballad:
-a short narrative poem intended to be ____ -Utilizing a simple _____ ____ -not a lot of ________ -Uses ______________ -certain devices of ___________ -allegory: a story w/ 2 or more __________ ______ __ _______ |
-sung
-verse form -narration -understatement -repetition -co-related levels of meaning |
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Literature that applies moral standards to social realities and often uses ridicule to intensify its attack on these realities and the result is:
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Social satire
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English narrative poetry was concerned w/ 2 serious human issues:
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How to get to heaven and how to make life bearable - even worth while
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Saw the rise of native drama
-from _____ _______ and ___ _______ -formed the foundation of the great drama of __________ time -performed on ________ ______ which were called _______ -________ ____________ with the audience - actors might speak directly to or go into the audience |
-church liturgy and full pagency
-Shakespeare -portable stages - pagents -intimate relationship |
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Who was Geoffrey Chaucer a contemporary and likely an acquaintance of?
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John Wiclif
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What did Chaucer believed in the importance of?
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vernacular (common language)
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Where is Chaucer buried?
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Poets corner at West Minister Abbey
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A group of tales unified by a central situation:
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frame tale
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"She was not undergrown, as all could see"
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dramatic understatement
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"I told him his opinion made me glad"
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mock praise
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(The contrast btw/ appearance & reality) ("None was so busy as he was with case and cause/And yet he seemed much busier than he was"
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situational irony
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A moral tale in which animals act the parts of humans:
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beast fable
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Treats a trivial subject in heroic terms:
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mock epic
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How was the pilgrimage setting favorable to social satire?
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normally you wouldn't have all these different types of people in a normal pilgramige
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Sir Thomas Mallory wrote the legends of ______ and made them into a single story with deep moral significance.
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Aurthur
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What two things prove Beaumains worthiness - morally and socially?
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(1) humility (2) he went on the quest
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The popular ballad is a _____ _________ ____ ____ which tells of a single (usually tragic) event in a objective, detached, and unbiased manner. Characteristically concerned w/ some kind of injustice - _________, ________, or ________.
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-short narrative folk song
-political, romantic, and domestic |
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The story of what famous character was told in the ballads?
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Robin Hood
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abrupt beginning, sudden shifts of speaker and scene:
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dramatic
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understatement:
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ironic
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(The contrast btw/ appearance & reality) ("None was so busy as he was with case and cause/And yet he seemed much busier than he was"
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situational irony
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A moral tale in which animals act the parts of humans:
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beast fable
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Treats a trivial subject in heroic terms:
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mock epic
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How was the pilgrimage setting favorable to social satire?
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normally you wouldn't have all these different types of people in a normal pilgramige
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Sir Thomas Mallory wrote the legends of ______ and made them into a single story with deep moral significance.
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Aurthur
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What two things prove Beaumains worthiness - morally and socially?
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(1) humility (2) he went on the quest
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The popular ballad is a _____ _________ ____ ____ which tells of a single (usually tragic) event in a objective, detached, and unbiased manner. Characteristically concerned w/ some kind of injustice - _________, ________, or ________.
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-short narrative folk song
-political, romantic, and domestic |
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The story of what famous character was told in the ballads?
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Robin Hood
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abrupt beginning, sudden shifts of speaker and scene:
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dramatic
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understatement:
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ironic
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because of not giving lots of details:
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mysterious
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uses __________ w/ variation
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repetition
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This is a popular art form which originated in medieval France:
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carol
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What is a famous example of a Morality play?
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Everyman
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A character who contrast w/ the main character and thereby shows the main characters strength and weaknesses.
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Foil
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