This system of landholding was introduced by William the Conqueror and included vassals and lords.
What is feudalism?
100
Author of Morte Darthur
Who is Sir Thomas Malory?
100
All of the pilgrims in The Canterybury Tales share this common purpose.
What is to travel to the shrine of Thomas a Becket at Canter bury?
100
True or False. The legend of King Arthur is largely based on the life of a real king.
False
100
A story in which all of the elements are symbolic and represent larger ideas.
What is an allegory?
200
The name of the battle in which William of Normandy defeated King Harold.
What is the battle of Hastings?
200
The father of English literature
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
200
This pilgrim had a love for hunting that conflicted with his religious vows.
Who is the Monk?
200
This is given to Gawain to protect him from the Green Knight.
What is a magical girdle (belt)?
200
The character in Everyman who guides him to the grave.
Who is Knowledge?
300
A means of determining a person's guilt or innocence in the Medieval Period.
What is an ordeal?
300
The first English printer
Who is William Caxton?
300
This was the lesson of the Pardoner's tale.
What is "greed is the root of all evil"?
300
This is the reason Griflet asked to be knighted.
So he can avenge his master's death and face the knight in the forest.
300
The word "ballad" comes from a French word that means this.
What is "to dance"?
400
The Hundred Years' War was fought over this.
What is the process of merging French (Norman) and English society (possessions)?
400
King Arthur's closest friend and the knight that falls in love with his wife, Guinevere.
Who is Sir Lancelot?
400
These three pilgrims are given the highest praise.
Who are the Knight, the Parson, and the Plowman?
400
This is given to King Arthur to protect him from death.
What is the scabbard of Excaliber?
400
Everyman must have this to receive approval from God and admittance into heaven.
What is a book of accounts?
500
Three things that William the Conqueror introduced to English life.
- Public written documents for most government institutions
- notion of common law
-feudalism
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500
This man was martyred for refusing the support the king over the church.
Who is Thomas a Becket?
500
All of the medieval social classes are represented in The Canterbury Tales except for this one.
What is the ruling class, nobility?
500
This was the significance of each of swings of the Green Knight's ax.
1st swing: To test Gawain's courage (he failed).
2nd swing: To test Gawain's courage (he passed).
3rd swing: Cause him slight harm (penance for his failure).
500
This is a common theme between "Sir Patrick Spens", "Bonnie George Campbell", and "Bonny Barbara Allan".