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| A form of narrative poetry meant to be sung or recited and characterized by its presentation of a dramatic or exciting episode in simple narrative form |
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- 4 lines rhyming ABCB
- iambic tetrameter in 1st and 3rd lines
- iambic trimeter in 2nd and 4th lines
- rhyme often approximate, with consonance and assonance frequently appearing
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a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work |
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| Name of King Arthur's Sword |
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| What happens to the sword? |
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| It gets thrown into the river |
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| What happens after the word is thrown into the river? |
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| Church owned large tracks of land called what |
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| Language of the clergy and legal people |
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| First complete account of the rise and fall of Arthurs kingdom |
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| History of the Kings of Britain |
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| Who wrote the History of the Kings of Britain? |
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| What was the war called between England and France? |
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| What new weapons were brought about in the 100 Years War? |
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| What was the revolt against serfdom called? |
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| What kind spent the majority of his rule outside of England? |
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| Richard the Lionheart (or Richard the 1st) |
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| What killed 1/3 of Englands population? |
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| What was it called when there were briefly 3 popes reigning? |
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| What was the Doomsday Book? |
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Written by King Arthur
recorded all people and what they owned |
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| His reign saw the murder of Thomas Beckett |
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| The only knight alive at the end of Morte d'Arthur |
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| Where Morte d'Arthur was written |
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| Number of pilgrims at the Tabard Inn |
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| a narrative within a narrative (ex. Canterbury Tales) |
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2 lines that rhyme
(ex. Canterbury Tales) |
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| belief that your personality is shown through your physical appearance |
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| Narrative passed down containing some form of truth |
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| What is the prize in the Canterbury Tales? |
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| the winner gets dinner paid for by everyone else |
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| Who is the perfect, ideal king? |
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| What did King Arthur support? |
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| How long did Arthur have to wait before making the treaty that would allow Sir Lancelot to come to his aid? |
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| Why does the battle between King Arthur and Mordred begin? |
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| Someone draws his sword to kill a snake and the soldiers mistake it for the begin of the fight |
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| System of land tenure based on military service |
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| Unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable |
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| Number of completed tales in the Canterbury tales |
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| How many tales were there supposed to be in the Canterbury Tales? |
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| What was the war that ended the medieval period? |
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| "...hunting was his sport." |
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| "She'd had 5 husbands blah blah blah" |
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| "...straining to counterfeit a courtly kind.." |
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| "Nowhere was there so busy a man as he/But less busy than he seemed to be." |
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| "In 15 mortal battles he had been..." |
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| "In compant she liked to laugh and chat..." |
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| "Christ and the 12 apostles and their lore/He taught, but followed it himself before." |
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| "He lived for pleasure as he had always done" |
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| "...for he was qualified to hear confessions" |
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| "his head was like a nut, his face was brown..." |
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| "The thought of moral virtue filled his speech" |
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| "He loved so hotly til the dawn grew pale/He slept as little as a nightengale" |
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| "a thumb of gold by God to gauge an oat" |
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| "what a pity-or so it had seemed to me/that he should have an ulcer on his knee." |
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| "garlic he loved, and onions too, and leeks" |
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| "Just home from service he had joined our ranks..." |
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| "Whatever money from his friends he took/He spent on learning or another book." |
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| "He sent his prisoners home-they walked the plank" |
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| "...he paid his tithes in full when they were due" |
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| "when young he'd learned a useful trade and still/He was a carpenter of first rate skill." |
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| "at meat her manners were well taught withal" |
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| "Now isn't it a marvel of God's grace/that an illiterate fellow can outpace/the wisdom of a heap of learned men." |
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| "Their wisdom would have justified a plan to make each on an alerman." |
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| "He served the finest victuals you could think." |
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| "Gold stimulated the heart, or so we're told/he therefore had a special love of gold." |
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| "This little proverb he would add there to/That if gold rust, then what would iron do?" |
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| "for though a widon might'nt have a shoe..." |
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| "His face on fire like a cherubim..." |
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| "Then Question quid juris was his tag..." |
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| "He was an expert at currency exchange" |
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| i have no fucking clue wait jk merchant |
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| "Loving God best with all his heart and mind" |
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| "I'll go along with you myself and rise.." |
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| "The rule of good St. Benet and St. Maur" |
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| this fucker had a wart on his nose |
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| "yet he was rather close as to expenses/ and kept the gold he won in (big word that starts with p)" |
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| "No bailiff, serf or herdsman dared to kick/He knew their dodges, knew their every trick" |
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| "He'd sewed a holy relic on his cap..." |
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| "...had gapped-teeth, set widely truth to say..." |
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| "Hardly he was prudent in undertaking/his beard in many a tempest had its shaking" |
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| "He was an honest worker good and true/living in peace and perfect charity" |
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| "his was a master hand at stealing grain..." |
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| "His wits to work none knew he was in debt/he was so stately in administration" |
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| "He knew of every judgement, case and crime..." |
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| "a medal of St. christopher he wore/of shining silver on his breast, and bore/a hunting horn well slung and bernished clean..." |
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