Medieval Background
The start of the medieval period
What is the Battle of Hastings?
The King that succeeded William the Conqueror
Who is King Henry II?
The document that John was FORCED to sign in order to lessen the power of the King
What is the Magna Carta? (1215 AD)
The pivotal work of medieval times
What is Canterbury Tales?
The author of The Canterbury Tales
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
The person that started this period
Who is William the Conqueror?
The man King Henry allegedly ordered to be murdered in Canterbury Cathedral
Who is St. Thomas Becket?
The King after John
Who is King Edward I?
Poetry rhyming scheme rising in popularity of this time
What is end rhyme
The style of novel
What is a frame narrative?
The system of government put into place after the fall of the Anglo-Saxons
What is feudalism?
King Henry II’s wife
Who is Eleanor of Aquitaine?
The key war in this period
What is the 100 years war?
Popular types of writings in this period
What are ballads, arthurian legends, dramas
The shrine the pilgrims were going to visit
What is the Shrine of Saint Thomas Becket?
The “book” that William the Conqueror commissioned; the first of its kind
What is the census (Domesday Book)?
King Henry II reformed this in order to regain power over unwieldy Lords
What is the judicial system of this time period?
The major discovery in this period that changed the country forever
What is the discovery of the new world?
Who is Geoffrey of Monmouth?
The number of tales told by each pilgrim
What is four tales each? (two there; two on the way back)
Places/ landmarks WIlliam the Conqueror commissioned
What is the tower of London, Canterbury Cathedral, Oxford, and Cambridge?
The two Kings that followed King Henry II
Who are King Richard and King John?
The war that ended this period
What is the War of the Roses
The first man to translate the Catholic Bible
Who is John Wycliffe?
The outer and inner frame
What is the journey to Canterbury? What is the tales told by the pilgrims in the contest?