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33 Cards in this Set
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55 BC
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Cesar comes to britain
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409 ad
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death of king arthur
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1066 ad
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battle of hastings
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1387 ad
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canterburty tales written
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prowess
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great fighting skills; knowledge of weapons;power
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honor
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great deeds to defend king of country
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liberality
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known for generosity
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glory
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relating to the crusades and achiveing great deeds in war; for self
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loyalty
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remaing true towards country, king,lord, church, and to their word
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courtly love
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chivalry,courtesy
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pilgrimages
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to canterbury cathedral b/c thomas beckett was marted there. and to gain spiritual benefit.
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good deeds (everyman)
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only one to stay with everyman to the end
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everyman
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makes god look as though hes not all powerful. he sends death to do what he cant.
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altruistic
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unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others
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amend
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to change in a formal way; to change for the better
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ascertain
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to find out
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augment
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to make larger;increase
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averse
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having a deep-seated distaste; opposed; unwilling
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chivalrous
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marked by honor, courtesy, and courage; knightly
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comprise
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to include or contain; to be made up of
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dearth
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a lack, scarcity of; a famine
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deft
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skillful, nimble
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feasible
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possible, able to be done
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finite
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having limits; lasting for a limited time
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inclement
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stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
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negligible
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so unimportant that it can be disregarded
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nostalgia
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longing for something past; homesickness
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punitive
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inflicting or aiming at punishment
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reiterate
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to say again, repeat
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solace
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comfort, relieft. to console
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squalid
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filthy, wretched, debased
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tentative
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experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant
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waive
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to do without, give up voluntarily, to put off temporarily, defer
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