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Medieval Romance
a narrative, in either prose or poetry, presenting a knight and his adventures.
Mystery
________ Plays: a play depicting events from the Bible.
Chivalry
the code of conduct that bound and defined a knight's behavior.
Feudalism
a method of organizing society consisting of three estates: clergymen, the noblemen who were granted fiefs by the King, and the peasant class who worked on the fief.
Bob
________ and Wheel: a group of five short lines at the end of an alliterative verse rhyming ABABA.
Great Chain of Being
the metaphor used in the Middle Ages to describe the social hierarchy believed to be created by God.
Green Man
a character in ancient fertility myths representing spring and the renewal of life.
Crags
rugged mass of rocks.
Morality Plays
play depicting representative characters in moral dilemmas with both the good and the evil parts of their character struggling for dominance.
expression of disapproval
Reproof: ________.
Pearl Poet
the unidentified author of Pearl, Patience, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Alliterative Revival
a resurgent use of the alliterative verse form of oral Old English poetry such as Beowulf.
Mystery Plays
a play depicting events from the Bible
Bob and Wheel
a group of five short lines at the end of an alliterative verse rhyming ABABA
Courtly Love
rules governing the behavior of knights and ladies in a ritualistic, formalized system of flirtation
Heaved
pull hard
Barrow
mound
Gnarled
twisted
Cleft
split
Befall
happen to
Kirk
church
Cleave
split
Scythe
hooked blade
Dawdle
be slow
Whetting
sharpen a blade
Reproof
expression of disapproval
Daunted
intimidated
Winced
involuntary shrink away
Aloft
lift overhead
Efficacious
effective
Staunch and Doughty
loyal and brave
Reproved
scolded
Covetousness
envy
Penance
payment for sin
Frame Story/Framework
a narrative that contains another narrative
Links
conversations among the various pilgrims between the stories to tie the stories together
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