Characters
Genteel man who loved truth, freedom,
chivalry and honor, a truly distinguished man
What is The Knight?
Incongruity between what might
be expected and what actually occurs
What is Irony?
Great castle of King Arthur
What is Camelot?
The man who wrote the Canterbury Tales
Who is Geoffery Chaucer?
The Canterbury Tales is important because...
What is one of the first major works in literature written in English?
From Dartmouth, known for its piracy and
for the brutality of its sailors
What is Skipper?
The qualities idealized by knighthood, such as bravery, courtesy, honor, and gallantry toward women
What is Chivalry?
Most famous knight of the Round Table
What is Lancelot?
What all women want (supposedly)
What is Power over husbands?
Chaucer planned how many stories other than 24
What is 100?
He convinces everyone that he was an expert
in finance (his secret - he was horribly in
debt)
What is Merchant?
Something that has the appearance of being true or real
What is Verisimilitude?
Man of mystery and magic
What is Merlin?
Tale relates how three drunken revelers set out to destroy Death after one of their friends had died
What is the Pardoner's Tale
What is it paved the way for writers like William Shakespeare?
Outdoorsman, talented wood carver
What is Yeoman?
Any of the military expeditions
undertaken by European Christians in the
11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to recover the
Holy Land from the Muslims.
What is Crusades?
the reason for the fall of the Arthurian world
What is The love affair between Lancelot and
Queen Guinevere?
The number of tales in the Canterbury Tales
What is 24?
The Canterbury Tales are a specific type of story
What is a Frame Narrative?
Known for her lusty appetites, gossipy asides, and fondness for wine
What is Wife of Bath?
political and economic
system of Europe from the 9th to about
the 15th century, based on the holding
of all land in fief or fee and the resulting
relation of lord to vassal and
characterized by homage, legal and
military service of tenants, and forfeiture
What is Feudalism?
King Arthur's 3 half sisters
What is Morgawse, Elaine, and Morgan le fay?
This introduces the frame story, in which a group of pilgrims traveling to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury agree to take part in a storytelling competition, and describes the pilgrims themselves
What is the General Prologue?
This Famous event happened in Canterbury
What is On 29 December 1170, Thomas Becket, the archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by four knights from the court of King Henry II?