Medieval Test

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Name 5 charactersitics of folk ballads

songlike, refrain, baffed stanza, often a dramatic tragedy, unkown authors, mulitplie versions, simple folk language

What are some common themes of folk ballads?

disppointed love, revenge, sudden disaster

What is the common rhyme scheme for folk ballads?

4 lines, abcb, lines 1 and 3 have 4 stresses, lines 2 and 4 have 3 stresses

When there are 4 lines in a stanza, what is it called?

quartrains

What is satire?

writing that ridicules or critices the faults of society or individuals with the intent to bring about change

What is comedy of manners?

a novel that makes fun of and challenges the customs of a particular society

What iare 5 points in of the code of chivalry?

protect weak and defenseless, respect the honor of women, speak the truth, never refuse a challenge from an equal, persevere to the end

What are 5 qualities of courtly love?

aristocratic, ritualistic, secret, extramerital, chaste

What is the Norman Conquest?

marked the beginning of the medievel period. the norman presence changed the gov, econ, church, and language

What Language did the Normans use in law courts, gov, and business, suggesting Norman superiorty over the Anglo-Saxons?

French

Archbishop of Canterbury whose tomb became a shrine for pilgrims after knights of Henry II killed him. King went to the tomb on a pilgrimage

Thomas Beckett

Document signed by King john. Safeguarded right and limited royal power, perhaps marking the beginning of constitutional gov in england

Magna Carta

Organizations of merchants and craftsmen designed to protect workers and promote business, resulting from the growth of towns

guild

plague that wuped out 1/3 of english population and affected all europe, contributing to the decline of feudalism

black death

Code of knightly behavior involving loyalty, honor, justice, and service to a lady (courtly love)

chivalry

French people who were popularized romances, which were songns of chivalrous knights

troupadours

scientist and mathematician who is considered the father os english philosophy and whose major work is opua majua

Roger Bacon

series of wars waged in the 11th-13th centuries european christianss unsuccessfully tried to regain control of the holy land from the turks

crusades

work written with both literal and ssymbolic levels; characters, places, and events stand for ideas beyond themseleves

allegory

author of piers flowman, a long allegorical work of social protest written as a religious dream vision

william langland

14th century romance by the pearl poet in which sir gawain decapitates a mysterious green knight

gawain and the green knight

author of le morte d'arthur, a 15th century version of the lengends of king arthur

sir thomas mallory

narrative folk songs part of an oral tradition, some of which include robin hood

ballads

drammas about saints' lives, dramas about biblical events, and allegorical dramas that teach moral lessons about salvation, respectively

miracle plays, mystery plays, and morality plays

greatest medievel poet, author of the canterbury tales

geoffery chaucer

introduced the printing press with movable type to england, thereby allowing books like the canterbury tales to reach more peoplel

william caxton

civil struggle between the houses of york and lancaster that decimated the nobility and the end of the middle ages

war of the roses