King Arthur

Question 0

…the emperor will be successful in 43-50 ad.

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Claudius

Question 1

invades Britain in 55/54 bc. Though his attempt to conquer the Celtic peoples living here fails at this time..

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Julius Caesar

Question 2

Caesar does however leave us with his…a vital source of our info about the Celtic peoples living in Gaul.

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Commentaries on the Gallic wars

Question 3

The emperor…builds a wall in the north of England to keep out the invading Picts and scots. 121-127 ad

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Hadrian

Question 4

When the…sack Rome in 410, the Romans decide to abandon Britain.

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Visigoths

Question 5

Large scale Germanic invasions of 449.

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Question 6

…defeats the Muslim invaders at the battle of tours in 732.

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Charles Martel

Question 7

Carolingian Renaissance of the …century.-Charlemagne

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9th

Question 8

…ends the period of Anglo Saxon rule in Britain (1066) and inaugurates the Norman Line of British kings.

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William the conqueror

Question 9

The duke died without an heir, leaving the …to his position in question.

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Succession

Question 10

The knights decided that the fighter with the greatest…would become duke.

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Prowess

Question 11

Many knights fought and fell…

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Ignominiously

Question 12

Young eamon faced a fierce …,sir ranulf

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Adversary

Question 13

The crowd used angry words to…Eamon.

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Abash

Question 14

Eamons skill and easy victory helped to …his honor

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Vindicate

Question 15

The knights all vowed to support eamon without…

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Recompense

Question 16

They swore…to him as their duke.

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Fidelity

Question 17

If a night belittles someone, he uses words of…

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Disparagement

Question 18

A…knight is one who wanders

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Vagrant

Question 19

A chivalric knight must fight for and …his lady

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Exalt

Question 20

If a knight betrays someone, he must expect…for his actions

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Reprisal

Question 21

Only an..knight would rush into battle unprepared

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Intemperate

Question 22

After months of questing, even the strongest knight is hungry and…

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Haggard

Question 23

Connotation of wondering knight

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Errant

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Moving from place to place

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Itinerant

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Haggard: exhausted, ambition, rested, weary

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Rested

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Intemperate: unruly, cautious, angry, fearful

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Cautious

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Disparagement: fury, excitement, praise, aggravation

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Praise

Question 28

Exalt: praise, condemn, honor, expire

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Condemn

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Vagrant: rooted, wandering, lost, confused

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Rooted

Question 30

Nennius

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Early 7th century monk, names Arthur the hero at badon hills

Question 31

Geoffrey of Monmouth

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Made Arthur a descendant of Aeneas, first shaper of Arthur legend, first to mention Merlin the magician

Question 32

Wace

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Round table

Question 33

Chretien de Troyes

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High Middle Ages, features love triangle, single hero adventure story, dies before answering holy grail

Question 34

Sit Thomas Malory

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Le morte d'arthur, wrote while in prison, William Caxton published off gutenburgs printing press, wrote during end of Middle Ages and knighthood

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Alfred lord Tennyson

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Idylls of the king, made Arthur a moral leader

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T.H. White

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20th century, the once and future king, humorous and modern

Question 37

The venerable bede

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The history of the English church and people

Question 38

He wrote the most comprehensive history of early Britain- history of the English church and people

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The venerable Bede