Medieval Test
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- Thomas a Beckett
- archbishop of canterbury
- yeoman
- servant, green coat and hood, sheaf of peacock arrows and had a mighty bow, tan face, wore dagger, wore green horn
- lawyer
- wise,chared large fees, had many robes, remember all cases, sash
- Medieval period
- 1066-1485
- squire
- sing, write poetry, lady's man, knight's son, good fighter, blonde, athletic, comparable to renaissance man
- Battle of Hastings
- King Harold vs. William the Conqueror
- frame tale
- canterbury tale is this
- role of women elevated by
- chivalry and devotion to mary
- monk
- fat, happy, loves food, many horses, believed in new world manners, bald, big eyes,
- cook
- chancer sore, good at cooking, frequent drinker, ulcer on chin, white stew, poor hygiene, roger
- 1st animal hunted
- deer, ran away, cornered shot
- Le Morte D' Arthur
- Thomas Malory
- romance
- referred to languages, french, latin. means the story contains characteristics associated with french writings
- parson
- poor but holy, gives money to parishioners, sets ideal for others, patient, ideal person of clergy,
- reeve
- forman, accountant for lord, steals money from lord, old and irritable, was carpenter, logn legs but didnt show, had dirt on everyone, wore blue overcoat, wore rusty blade, slender, hot tempered, close shave,
- refrain
- the reptition of one or two lines, usually at the end of a stanza
- pardoner
- yellow hair, came from rome, shiny eyes, mare, no beard
- plowman
- ideal commoner, third estate, brother of parson, fertilized fields, live din peice, loved god, helped neighbores
- Domesday Book
- thorough survey of England to create an efficient system by William
- ballad stanza
- tradition ballads follow a specific form
- set up of tales
- each would tell 4 tales, two one way and two back, 29 pilgrims, only wrote 23.5 tales
- friar
- seduces girls, gets pregnant and arranges marriages, loves money, knowns tavern well, loved gossip, gave knives and pins to women, lived by begging, hubert-lisp
- magna carta
- set up habeas corpus, limited monarchy, trial by jury, rights of nobles, clergy, freemen
- crusades
- holy wars
- scansion
- decipher rhyme and meter
- william caxton
- movable type
- summoner
- offcier of church who calls peopel for trial, ugly, red complexion, pimples, boils, eczema, loved garlic, ale, and onion, wore garland on head, liked paronder, narrow eyes-greed, corrupt
- characteristics of knight in med romance
- 1. great hero whos birth is mysterious. 2. ignorance of real parents. 3. for a time, true identity may be unknown. 4. meets challenge before honor. 5. triumph benefits nation
- ballad
- a narrative poem that was orignially composed to be sung or recited
- characteristics of medieval romance
- 1. an idealization of chivalry. 2. an idealization of hero/knight and his noble deeds. 3. a knight's love for a lady 4. imaginary or vague settings 5. mystery and suspense/supernatural elements 6. a concealed or disguised identity 7. repetition of the mystic number 3
- shipman
- huge man, lived in dartmouth, thick gown, dagger strapped, tan, drank wine, good fighter, beard
- weaknesses of feudal system
- black death, fighting changes, poll tax, peasants revolt
- Richard the Lionhearted
- henry's son, exploits in crusades
- franklin
- large and wealthy landowner, fine living,white beard, bad temper, drank win, kept table out all day, hung dagger and slik bag from belt, sheriff and auditor
- manciple
- steward for law school, not intelligent but clever, sly, streetsmart, frugal
- characteristics of ballad
- 1. rely on dialogue rather than narration. 2. written in particular dialect. 3. tragic 4. based on truse stories 5. rapid and dramatic action, form of entertainment for listener. 6. gaps in plot and explanations for charcter motivation missing. 7. symbolism 8. legacies or testaments 9. repition of words or phrases
- 3rd animal hunted
- fox, hides but gets killed
- the guildsmen
- haberdasher, carpenter
- William's work
- The Tower of London, Oxford
- Henry II
- most famous Plantagenet, killed Thomas a Beckett
- prioress/nun
- delicate,good manners, wears gold broach that says loves conquer all, beautiful forehead, grey eyes, head of her group, shouldnt be on pilgrimage
- incremental repitition
- the repetition in succeeding stanzas of lines containing some small addition, or increment, is used to build climax
- physican
- associates with muslims and not godly because of this, knows all medicines, and astrology, fond of gold and makes a lot of money, wasnt well read in bible, wore blue and scarlet
- Thomas Malory
- took tales of King Arthur and combined to make morte darthur
- feudalism
- landowners become tenants
- clerk
- studied philosphy, lazy, didnt take care of himself or horse, patched overcoat, student at oxford,
- Southwark
- location of Tabarb Inn
- wife of bath
- contrary to ideal woman, five husbands, gap toothed-attractive, deaf in one ear, bright scarlet stockings, good at making cloth, wore rug and spurs on feet
- miller
- drunk, rash man, interrupts host, big boned, hair and beard red, wart on nose, black nostrils, wore sword, big mouth, stole corn, wore white coat with blue hood, played bagpipes
- 2nd animal hunted
- boar, fights back, gets exhausted and killed
- knight
- meek voice, humble, rusty armor, reserved, chivalrous
- Pentagle
- benficence, pure mind, brotherly love, manners, compassion
- merchant
- intelligent, memeber of rich rising middle class, forked beard and gown, wore beaver hat, knew how to make a profit