ENGL 216 Exam One Terms

amor de lonh (The Knight of the Cart) 

love from afar, something preventing the lovers from being together, like Lancelot and the Queen

endogamy (How Culhwch Won Olwen) 

marrying within one’s social group

entrelacement (The Knight with the Lion) 

multiple stories combining to create one narrative 

exogamy (How Culhwch Won Olwen)

marrying outside one’s social group

Frauendienst (The Knight with the Lion)

“lady service,” chivalry toward and serving women

homage (The Knight with the Lion)

ceremony where knight pledges himself to lord

juventus (The Knight with the Lion)

“youth,” young unmarried knight

liminality (How Culhwch Won Olwen)

“threshold,” in between transitional stage

modesty or humility topos (The History of the Kings of Britain)

pretending to be ignorant and unknowledgeable to appease readers

penance (The Story of the Grail)

to make amends, contrition of the heart ➞ confession of the mouth ➞ satisfaction of works

physiognomy (The Knight of the Cart)

judging personality from physical traits, especially face. the soul and body are affected by each other

primogeniture (The History of the Kings of Britain)

inheritance where firstborn gets most of it

reverdie (The Story of the Grail)

opening of spring

roi fainéant (The Knight with the Lion)

lazy king, Arthur is sometimes depicted like this

seneschal (The Knight with the Lion)

manager of a household, Sir Kay to Arthur 

supersessionism (The History of the Kings of Britain)

something surpassing something else, like how Christians view Christianity replacing Judaism

translatio imperii et studii (The History of the Kings of Britain)

the transfer of knowledge and power, moving from places like Rome on Westward

tynged or geas (How Culhwch Won Olwen)

destiny or fate

typology (The History of the Kings of Britain)

reading bible allegorically, types from OT to NT and gets spread to other literature

vulnus amoris (The Knight with the Lion)

“wound of love”

paten (The Story of the Grail) 

holds the eucharist