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50 Cards in this Set
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whale-road
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kenning
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1066 AD
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start of the medieval period
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410 AD
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end of Roman rule
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449 AD
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Jutes, Anglos, Saxons,
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597 AD
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St. Augustine was told by pope to go to Canterbury
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Alfred
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The Great -defeated danes
-set up schools -started people writing |
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barrow
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manmade hills / burial places
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Danelaw
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law of Danes
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dragon
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fight #3
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Eighth Century
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century Dances attacked and Alfred ruled
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Geats
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primitive tribe in England
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Grendel
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first monster to fight Beowulf
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grendel's mother
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2nd one faught
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heorot
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hall with deer at top (meadhall)
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hrothgar
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king of danes
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hrunting
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sword from unferth
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mead
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alcoholic beverage
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old english
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angelo saxon
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scop
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poet
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unferth
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speech about breca and beowulf swimming
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wealhtheow
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wife of hrothgar
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wiglaf
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helped beowulf fight dragon
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1400
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Chaucer died
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franklin
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land owner
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fiar
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priest; took bribes
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geocentric
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earth is at center
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geoffrey chaucer
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author of canterbury tales
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harry bailly
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owned the inn
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knight
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gentleman
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manciple
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manager of house of lawyers
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miller
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agressive "mill-man"
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monk
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not really good person
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parson
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poor pastor
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prioress
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upperclass nun
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reeve
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sheriff
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skipper
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from dartmouth
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squire
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lusty bachelor
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summoner
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gross looking
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tabard
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the inn
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houyhehnms
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horses (reason)
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yahoos
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brutes
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brodingnagians
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giants
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heels ... high = & low =
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high = tories
low=whigs |
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lilliput
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england
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blefuscu
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france
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emperor
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king of england george I
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flimnap
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robert walpole (prime minister)
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catholic egg
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break big end
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protestant egg
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narrow end
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1728
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amount of food he ate
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