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32 Cards in this Set
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the name of the person who conquered England AND in what year
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Duke of Normandy; 1066
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Name of the laws that apply to the whole country
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common law
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Document signed by King John that limited the king's taxing powers
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Magna Carta
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What job gained popularity over farming
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herding
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name of the system of landholding AND who actually worked the land
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Feudalism; Peasants (serfs)
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what some trades formed to regulate prices and standards
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guilds
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what excitement sponsored by rich nobles let knights practice AND which was premier event
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Tournaments; Jousting
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What Church everyone belonged to
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Roman Catholic Church
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What Church corruption let people pay for forgiveness
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selling of indulgences
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How many years it took to build cathedrals
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Hundreds
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Who was martyred at Canterbury Cathedral
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Thomas Becket
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Name of wars that attempted to rescue the Holy Land from the Muslims
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Crusades
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Name of ideal that encompassed qualities of true knightly behavior
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Chivalry
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Name of series of wars fought between France and England
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Hundred Years' War
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Name of the Black Prince who helped win several battles but dies before becoming king
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Edward the Black Prince
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Key figure on the French side who heard saints' voices but was burned at the stake
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Joan of Arc
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Name of the disease during medieval times AND how much of England's population it killed
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The Black Death, 1/3
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Name of the event where protestors stormed London
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Peasants' Revolt
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Name of the civil war between Houses of York and Lancaster ended by Henry VII
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War of the Roses
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Type of Literature people favored
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Romance
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Popular type of play that dramatized Biblical stories
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Miracle
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Popular type of play that was an allegory where characters faced virtues and vices
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Morality
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Where Chaucer was born
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London
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What type of upbringing Chaucer had
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very privileged
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Year Chaucer died
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1400
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Name of the period of Chaucer's writing in which The Canterbury Tales was written
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English
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How many tales Chaucer planned for each pilgrim to tell plus the total
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4; 120
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How many tales Chaucer actually finished
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24
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Wealthy member of a guild whose clothing and gear looks fresh and new (5 characters)
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Haberdasher, Dyer, Carpenter, Weaver, and Carpet-member
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When does the Prologue begin? Season and date
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Spring; April 11, 1387
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Where does the Prologue begin?
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The Tabard (inn) in Southwark
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What is the narrator planning to do and why?
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Going on a pilgrimage to Canterbury. To seek out the martyr (Thomas Becket) Pray to him
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