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39 Cards in this Set
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In 1066, __ invaded English & took the throne. This event is important because...
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Duke William of Normandy; The Anglo-Saxon culture blended language & character
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Yeoman
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A small landowner that often dressed in the color green
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The purpose of the crusades
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to conquer the Holy Land
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Thomas a Becket was the friend of __. Some claim that he was resonsible for the __ of Thomas in the cathedral at __.
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King Henry II; murder; Canterbury
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In medieval society, women...
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bore children & did housework & fieldwork, women were subservient to men
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"Magna Carta"
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means "Great Charter", became the basis for English constitutional law in which such rights as trial by jury and legislative taxation were established.
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The Church's monasteries were the __ & the __ of the time
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Libraries; publishers
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"Ballad"
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comes from a French word meaning "dancing song."
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Vassal
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a free man who held land from a lord to whom he swore loyalty
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The yeoman class was so significant in the 100 Year War because...
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they formed the nucleus of the English armies in France & became a dominant force in the new England.
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The first Crusade happened in...
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1096
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Chaucer was a __ when the Black Death occurred in England
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child
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Anglo-Saxon culture __ & __ after the Norman Conquest.
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survived; intermingled
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Feudalism
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a caste, property, social behavior, & military system
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Ballads were written about...
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domestic tragedy & false love
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chivalry
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a code of behavior that taught etiquitte - how to behave in war, with women, etc.
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contact with the middle east in the Crusades exposed Europeans to a __ civilization, esp. in the fields of __, __, __, and __.
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higher; math; archetecture; astronomy; & crafts
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in courtly love, a knight...
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wore the colors of his lady in battle, putting his lady on a pedestal; braver & better
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the Hundred Years War occurred between the years of __ & __ and was fought between __ & __ over __.
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1337; 1453; England; France; the throne of France
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The development of cities affected the people of medieval England because...
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it helped rid feudalism
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The Black Death refers to the __, which was spread by __ and killed approx. __ in England.
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Bubonic plague,
fleas, 1/3 of the people |
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__ was burned at the stake in Rouen in 1431 during the Hundred Years' War.
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Joan of Arc
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The most positive effect of the medieval Church's power was ...
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cultural unity
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One negative effect of the medieval Church's power was __.
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corruption
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In __ at __, King __ signed the __.
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1215; Runnymede; John; Magna Carta
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Ballads were passed down from generation to generation through __
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oral communication by ordinary people
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__ was the Anglo-Saxon English king defeated & killed by the Duke of Normandy.
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King Harold of England
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__ wrote the Canterbury Tales & died in __.
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Geoffrey Chaucer; 1400
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__ captured Jerusalem from the __ in __.
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Crusaders; turks; 1099
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The __ was a powerful weapon; its yard-long __ could fly over castle walls & __ even the armor of __.
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longbow; arrows; pierce; knights
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Geoffrey of Monmouth, Chretien de Troyes, & Sir Thomas Malory have this in common.
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All are authors of King Arthur
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Merlin warns Arthur not to...
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fall in love with Guinevere
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Morgan le Fay
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the daughter of Gorlois & Igrane
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The one knight to see the Holy Grail was...
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Galahad
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Satire
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ridicules subject
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Microcosm
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a little world or miniature copy of the universe.
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Metanarrative/Frame Story
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a story within a story
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The three estates
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1. clergy
2. nobility 3. peasants |
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incremental repetition
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a line is repeated in a changed context or with minor changes in the repeated part
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