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15 Cards in this Set
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Who's the narrator of "The Canterbury tales"? |
Geoffrey Chaucer |
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What is the Black Death? |
A terrible disease that came in Europe in 1347 killing hundreds of thousands people |
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What was "The Hundred years War"? |
A war between England and France (1337-1543) |
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What was "The Peasants' Revolt"? |
An unprecedented violent protest by agricultural workers in the country (1381) |
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What is Geoffrey Chaucer often called, and why? |
He is often called The Father of The English poetry because he was the first great English writer who wrote in the English language instead of Latin and French. |
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What foreign countries did Chaucer visit? |
He visited Italy. |
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Some critics divide Chaucer's works in three periods. What are they? |
Chaucer's works are divided into a French, Italian and English period. |
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How does Chaucer describe himself in the Canterbury tales? |
As rather fat and a little bit stupid. |
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What class did Chaucer belong to? |
The middle class |
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Where was he buried? |
In Poets' corner in Westminster Abbey |
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What is the story about? |
It is about thirty pilgrims going to Canterbury who meet at the Tabard Inn in London. |
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What was the purpose of a pilgrimage in medieval times? |
People went on a pilgrimage in search of forgiveness, to give thanks, to demonstrate their faith but also to socialize. |
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What languages were spoken in England in the Middle Ages? |
Latin, French and Anglo-Saxon. |
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What is the west wind called in the Prologue? |
Zephyrus |
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What does April bring about? |
It brings rain and the rebirth of nature. |
