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69 Cards in this Set
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Land system based on chain of loyalities
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Feudalism
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battle of hastings
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1066
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war of the roses
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civil war
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achievement of Middle ages; church linked kingdoms and cities of europe
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commonwealth of Christendom
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hundred years war
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took place in france
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the king must obey common law
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magna carta
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meant to free jerusalem from the turks
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crusades
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true knightly behavior
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chivarly
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chief centers of learning and the arts
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monasteries and abbey
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Religious reformer, the "morning start" of the reformation
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john wycliff
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language common to the educated people
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latin
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introduced printing into england
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william caxton
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formed to decide wages and regulate apprenticeships
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guilds
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tales of chivalry with added love interest, wonder, and marvels
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Romance
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killed one-third of the population
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black plague
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father of english poetry
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chaucer
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a ballad theme
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disappointed love
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adds empasis, contributes to rhythm and melody
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refrain
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"o where will i get skillful skipper/to sail this new ship of mine?"
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"sir patrick spens"
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"and from his heart grew a red, red, rose/and from her heart a brier."
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"bonny barbara Allen"
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source of ballad topics
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everyday life of the comment people
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chaucer spoke
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middle english
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"if you will give me a gift when i ask of you, you shall have it"
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lady of the lake
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recited and sung
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ballads
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"good man you've spoken the foremost word"
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"get up and bar the door"
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"full unreday i am such reckoning to give"
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everyman
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most famous morality play
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everyman
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ballad's story developed through
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dialogue
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malory wrote wht work
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morte' de arthur
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translation of morte' de arthur
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death of arthur
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dramatization of bibical stories
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miracle plays
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structural device in which to tell a story
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frame
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four lines of poetry
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quatrain
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poetic paragraph
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stanza
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allegories in which virtues and vices confront each other
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morality plays
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overly concerned with manners
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nun
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distinguished man who loves truth honor God and chivalry
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knight
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excellent tailor married five times gap toothed
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woman of bath
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gives his money to his parishioners leads by example
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parson
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yellow hair effeminate sells pardons
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pardoner
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able to sing rid compose songs and is on the trip with his father
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squire
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honest tenant farmer who loves God
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plowman
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large man with a red beard and wart on his nose
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miller
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From what part of the work do these character descriptions come
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prologue of the canterbury tales
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wht is the frame of this story
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pilam to canterbury
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this work is said to be perhaps the best picture of wht
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england life in the 14th century
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Describe the tone of the following quote: " He was a noble pillar to his order!...Full sweetly would he listen to confession,/and very pleasantly absolved transgression;/he could give easy penance if he knew/there would be recompense in revenue"
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satirical condeming
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The following quotes are exmples of wht literary device:
his beard was red as any fox or sow |
simile
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The text for the "pardoner's tale, "Radox malorum est cupiditas", means wht?
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Greed is the root of all evil
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Is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in prose or poetry
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poetry
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Gawain is a member of whose court
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king arthur's
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What gift did gawain receive from the lady of the castle
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magic green belt
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wht gift does gawain receive from the green knight at the story's end
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magic green belt
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Everyman
Name the term for the personification of abstract qualities used in this play to teach a lesson |
allegory
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what is the protagonist's destination
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death
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The protagonist is worried about giving wht to whom
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and account of his life's good works to God
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Who agrees to be his guide and leads him to confession
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knowledge
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who is the only character to actually complete with the protaonist
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good deeds
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wht is the point or moral of the play everyman
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that when you die only a record of you good deeds come with you
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Morte d' Arthur
name the author |
Thomas malory
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Whos is the deciated to the ideal of moral and spiritual perfection
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knights
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moral and spiritual perfection is achieved through the union of ________ and ________
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monastic code
knightly code |
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wht is monastic code
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chastity and purity
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what is knightly code
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courage and loyality
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Name the king in the story morte d' arthur
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arthur
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name the king's magician
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merlin
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name the king's castle
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carlion
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NAme the king's new sword
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excalibur
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which is more valuable the sword or the scabbard
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scabbard
it makes the person invincible |
