Middle Ages Flashcards
(39 cards)
who can be compared to the old woman
wife of bath
who is the 2nd most developed character in the prolouge
the pardoner
who is the most developed character in the Prolouge?
wife of bath
married 5 times
wife of bath
commissioned the Doomsday Book
William the Qonqueror
who brought Fuedalism
William the Conqueror
who defeated the Anglo- Saxon King
William The Conqueror
what changes did the Blank Death bring
Freed the serfs
ended Feudalism
what began in 1095
the crusades
what was signed in 1215
Magna Carta
when was the dirt book published in English?
1475
what began in 1348
Black Plague
who never mentions christiany in their tales
the Pardoner
2 major themes in the Canterbury tales
the unfaithful wife and the patient , suffering woman
what is the frame work for the Canterbury tales
Prolouge
who is the Inn keeper in the Canterbury tales
Chaucer
who has a moral code but doesn’t stick to it
Parader
father of English poetry
Chaucer
who is the product of Druid myth
green knight
near perfect heroes
Sir Gawain and King Arthur
spent 20 yrs in prison writing
Sir Thomas Mallory
had Mallory’s work published after he dies
William Caxton
how many Canterbury tales there are
how many of them were there suppose to be
24… suppose to be 116
how are the characters identified in the Canterbury tales
by their occupations