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13 Cards in this Set
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Ethos |
a distinctive set of beliefs, values, behaviors, and attitudes. |
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King Alfred the Great |
King of Wessex in England
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Wergild |
buying life with blood (Christ’s sacrifice |
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Scop |
the bard or poet |
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Anglo-Saxon |
450-1000 1066-1200 1250-1400 1450-1485 |
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Charlemagne (742-814) |
Frankish king crowned Emperor of West in 800.
Became the focus of chansons de geste or medieval epic romances (like the Chanson de Roland) |
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Feudal System |
King Barrons Vassals Serfs Villains (Peasants) |
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Sir Thomas Malory |
In the 1460s, Sir Thomas Malory is in prison writing Le Morte Darthur
Malory dies in 1471 |
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Courtly Love |
1. adultery (witness the case of Guinevere and Lancelot)
2. humility (on the part of the male)
3. a “religion of love”
4. courtesy |
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Chivalry |
How to win honor or “worship” through honorable actions in love and war): The code of chivalry was a fusion of martial/military, aristocratic, and Christian values. No “official” written code existed; however, the code was understood by many to hold the following expectations for “chivalrous” knights. |
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Geoffrey Chaucer |
Father of English Literature Characterization Narrator-Persona dodges Authority |
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Romance |
Court, Castles, Noblemen, Quests, Adventures, Morals, Serious |
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Fabliau |
Bourgeois, Villages, lower-class Characters, Sex, Immorality, Comical |
