NAME THAT DISASTER
DAMSELS AND KNIGHTS
FUN WITH FRANCO-NORMANS
THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW
RANDOM RHETORIC
100
Charters were granted to give more rights to certain individuals, but these charters were ignored by the nobles even after this event took place.
What is the Peasants' Revolt?
100
If this crime was committed by a girl against her father, brothers, or male family members, this act was considered a "crime against religion" and she was beaten for it.
What is disobedience?
100
This language replaced English as the language of government during the Franco-Normans' reign.
What is Latin?
100
If a man today opens a woman's door for her or picks up the tab on a date, he is said to be practicing this knightly ideal.
What is chivalry?
100
This rhetorical device uses an argument based on the source's credibility.
What is ethos?
200
These Holy Wars were launched by the Christian states of Europe against Muslims who staked what Christians felt was an erroneous (false) claim on the city of Jerusalem.
What are the Crusades?
200
Knighthood started first with training as a _____ and then as a ______.
What is a page, squire?
200
This culture was replaced by Franco-Norman culture.
What is Anglo-Saxon?
200
In the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church gained wealth through this tax, which Christians then (and now) were required to pay. The tax is supposed to equal ten percent of Christians' income.
What is the tithe?
200
A person who uses rhetoric to make an argument is considered to be one of these.
What is a rhetorician?
300
This conflict pitted the kings and kingdoms of France and England against each other from 1337 to 1453.
What is the Hundred Years' War?
300
"To fear God and maintain His Church, To fight for the welfare of all, To obey those placed in authority, and To live by honour and for glory" are all standards of behavior described in the Song of Roland that, together, are part of this moral system.
What is the Knights Code of Chivalry?
300
Under this system of government, the King claimed ownership of the land and parceled it out to loyal vassals who became his lords. These lords were nobles who pledged their loyalty to the king, and their land was worked by peasants or serfs.
What is feudalism?
300
The peasant in the Mont Python video claimed that this was what a system of government derived from rather than a "farcical aquatic ceremony." It is also the system of government that allegedly exists today in the United States.
What is "a mandate from the masses"? Other acceptable answers: the consent of the majority, democracy, etc.
300
Advertisements that feature sad puppies to make you feel sympathetic use this rhetorical device.
What is pathos?
400
During the period of time in which this disaster took place, free serfs were able to charge more for their labor.
What is the bubonic plague? (Or, what is the "Black Death?")
400
This romantic ideal, followed by knights and ladies, was governed by a set of rules that could be followed regardless of the individual's marital state.
What is courtly love?
400
Over time, after the Crusades took place, England's economy became based on ______ instead of ________.
What is money, land?
400
Although adolescents today regularly engage in public displays of affection with their significant others, in the Middle Ages, the Knights Code of Chivalry stated this rule.
What is, "when made public, love rarely endures"?
400
If I tried to convince you to do your homework by explaining that 87% of students that do their homework receive higher grades than students that don't, which rhetorical device would my argument be using?
What is logos?
500
This person was murdered during the reign of King Henry II, when knights heard the King cry in a fit of anger, "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"
Who is Thomas A Becket?
500
According to the Youtube Video we watched in class, King Arthur claimed that he had been appointed king by divine right because he had been given ________ by ___________.
What is a sword? Who is the Lady of the Lake?
500
This event began the Norman Conquest, and this person was crowned King instead of William of Normandy.
What is the death of King Edward II? Who is Harold, Earl of Wessex?
500
This document, written by 13th Century barons in an attempt to protect their property against a tyrannical king, inspired the colonists during the American Revolution to write the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
What is the Magna Carta?
500
This Greek philosopher is widely considered to be the founder of modern rhetoric.
Who is Aristotle?
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