Arthurian Legend
The hero in the Marie de France poem we read this semester.
Who is Lanval?
We read this text written by Chaucer.
What is the Canterbury Tales?
These two authors wrote texts interpreting their religious visions
Who are Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe?
This disease and its spread caused the development of the middle class.
What is the Black Plague?
The text that the legend of Arthur returning to the British kingdom comes from.
What is The Myth of Arthur's Return or Mort D'Arthur?
The language that The Canterbury Tales were originally written in.
What is Middle English?
This poem tells the story of a wife who has been separated from her husband.
What is The Wife's Lament?
Moveable type came to England in this year.
What is 1476?
This code is a key characteristic of any Arthurian legends or poems.
What is the chivalric code?
The Canterbury Tales uses this literary technique in which each character tells a story.
What is a frame narrative?
This text covers the spread of Christianity and the development of the English Church.
What is Bede and Caedmon's Hymn?
The medieval time period spans these centuries.
What is the 5th through the 15th century?
The article of clothing that Gawain wears as a symbol of his failure.
What is a green girdle or sash?
Chaucer includes people from these three categories as characters in The Canterbury Tales.
What is nobility, religious orders, and regular laborers?
Julian of Norwich compares the world to this in her writing.
What is a hazelnut?
These three languages are predominantly in use during the 13th century.
What are Latin, French, and Middle English?
This figure is behind the Green Knight's plan to challenge Arthur.
Who is Morgan le Fay?
The number of times the Wife of Bath has been married.
What is five?
Julian of Norwich was this age when she had her first vision.
What is 33.5 years old?
This civil war was fought during the medieval time period by the Yorks and Lancasters.
What is the War of Roses?