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Medieval Life
Chaucer's Characters
Medieval Ballads
The Medieval Romance
The Medieval Knight
100
The people who worked on Medieval farms
Who are serfs?
100
Has been married 5 times and is currently searching for another husband
Who is the Wife of Bath?
100
This is a component of a ballad and is made up of 4 lines.
What is a stanza?
100
Latin, French, and Spanish are all known as this.
What are Romance Languages?
100
Training for knighthood began at this age
What is 8?
200
These, located in cathedrals, were used for religious instruction in Medieval times.
What are stained glass windows?
200
A lusty, merry man who helped girls get married after he got them in trouble
Who is the Friar?
200
These two lines in a ballad rhyme.
What is the second and fourth lines?
200
He wanted to exchange blows with an ax as a "Christmas Game" against one of Arthur's men.
Who is the Green Knight?
200
Knights were warriors who fought like this
What is on horseback?
300
The purpose of the first Crusades was to take over this holy city
What is Jerusalem?
300
A lady’s man; sings romantic poems, writes poetry, and is a good horseman
Who is the Squire?
300
Dramatization of one event, dialogue, and actual events
What are characteristics of a ballad?
300
Gawain accepted a sash from a woman because she said it would do this.
What is protect him?
300
A system of ideals and behavior that governed knights
What is chivalry?
400
Disease epidemic spread through infected rats; also known as the Black Death
What is the Bubonic Plague?
400
He carries around fake relics and issues pardons to those who have sinned; his appearance suggests questionable sexuality.
Who is the Pardoner?
400
In this poem, the woman dies because her lover died for her, showing her love for him.
What is Bonny Barbara Allan?
400
Gawain had this feeling when he found out he'd been fooled.
What is shame/embarrassment?
400
A knight's chosen lady would be given this to wear.
What is a ring (on her left pinky finger)?
500
The Medieval way of life based on ownership of land, on service, and on loyalty
What is feudalism?
500
He is a large man with an intimidating stature; he's rude and disapproving of his fellow travelers.
Who is the Miller?
500
The couple in "Get Up and Bar the Door" agreed that the first one who spoke would do this.
What is get up and bar/lock the door?
500
The knight in The Wife of Bath’s Tale said he was unable to marry the old woman due to a difference in this between the two of them.
What is rank/status?
500
If a man found out he was being cuckolded, he could divorce his wife or have the man killed or this
What is castrated?