Identification Flashcards
1
Q
Medieval Riddles, Exeter Book
A
10th century
Written and compiled by monks
2
Q
The Dream of the Rood
A
10th century
Anonymous, The Vercelli Book
Dream vision
3
Q
Beowulf
A
8th-11th century
Anonymous, The Nowell Codex
4
Q
The Life of Christina of Markyate
A
12th century
Monk from the Abbacy of Geoffrey
Hagiography
5
Q
Lais
A
12th century
Marie de France
Romantic poetry
6
Q
History of the Kings of Britain
A
12th century
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Counterfactual history
7
Q
The Second Sheperds’ Play
A
15th century
Anonymous, Towneley/Wakefield Plays
Religious and socioeconomic plot
“Bob and wheel”
8
Q
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
A
14th century
Anonymous, “Pearl Poet”
“Bob and wheel”
9
Q
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
A
14th century
Unknown, “The Mandeville compiler”
Travelogue, ethnography
10
Q
Utopia
A
16th century
Sir Thomas More
