British Literature: Week 7 - 9 Vocab

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