Chivalry
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Knights were expected to have honor, bravery, and gallantry toward women. What quality is missing
What is loyalty?
100
A synonym for cheerful
What is cheerful?
100
Which character did Chaucer admire most?
Who is the knight?
100
This gave fewer rights to the peasants?
What is feudalism?
100
This sickness killed a lot of people during this time
What is the Bubonic Plague?
200
To give ___?___ to widows and orphans
What is succor?
200
Give a synonym for garnished
What is decorated?
200
The relationship between King Arthur and Gawain
What is uncle/nephew?
200
He was forced to sign the Magna Carta
Who is King John
200
He was the archbishop whose death inspired pilgrimages to his death place
Who is Thomas a' Becket
300
To refrain from the ____?____ giving of offence
What is wanton
300
Give a synonym for prevarication
What is evasion of the truth?
300
Whose idea was it to tell stories while on the pilgrimage to Canterbury
Who is Harry Bailey?
300
Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales in this language (be specific)
What is middle English
300
This is another name for the Medieval period
What is the Middle or Dark Ages?
400
To __?___ to the end in any enterprise begun
What is persevere?
400
Give a synonym for adjure
What is request earnestly or appear solemnly?
400
What is the name of the sword King Arthur asked Sir Bedevere to dispose of?
What is Excalibur?
400
This was the first Medieval King?
Who is William the Conqueror?
400
This is the total number of pilgrims including Chaucer and Harry Bailey
What is 31?
500
To __?__ unfairness, meanness and deceit
What is eschew?
500
A synonym for largess
What is nobility of spirit?
500
Which religious character did Chaucer criticize the most when he said that he knew every bar maid and innkeeper.
Who is the Friar?
500
This was the battle fought between the House of York and the House of Lancaster resulting in a Tudor gaining the throne of England.
What is The War of the Roses
500
This was the name of the last Anglo Saxon king
Who is Edward the Confessor?
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