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Medieval Period
1066-1485
Norman conquest
1066
Vassal
peron who received the land from feudalism
Feudalism
Lord or overlord-person who granted land
Manor
self-sufficient community
Thomas Becket
appointed to Archbishop by Hentry II
1170
Thomas Becket killed by Henry's knights, (the Cathedral in Canterbury
Barons
Kings powerful supporters
pilgrimage
religious journey
1358-1349
black Death (plague)
killed 1/3 of the English population in a year
John Wycliffe
caused problems, disagreed with many things the church was doing
war of the roses
families had symbols
Lancaster-Red Rose
York-white rose
1453
War of the Roses, York's and Lancaster's
1485
End of the Middle ages
chivalry
honorable, valor(great courage)
Oxford
first English university
Cambridge
Second English university
Printing Press
1454, Johann Guten berg
Author of Canterbury tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
King Arthur Legend
Blend of fact and fiction
quatrains
4 line stanzas
Refrain
repeated line or stanza
Oxford
first English university
Cambridge
Second English university
Printing Press
1454, Johann Guten berg
Author of Canterbury tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
King Arthur Legend
Blend of fact and fiction
quatrains
4 line stanzas
Refrain
repeated line or stanza
Oxford
first English university
Cambridge
Second English university
Printing Press
1454, Johann Guten berg
Author of Canterbury tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
King Arthur Legend
Blend of fact and fiction
quatrains
4 line stanzas
Refrain
repeated line or stanza