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Consequences of Norman conquest

Christianity, feudal system, French and Latin

Genres of CT

многа (quest, narrative poem, romance, hagiography, sermon, tragedy, comedy, fableau...)

Name several rules of reading in ME (with examples)

kinight, I, when, Aprille

Role of women

subordinate to men, manual labour, houshold chores, some business. Eve or Vergin Mary

Role of church in MA

science, art, life, everything

Who doesn't tell a story in CT?

the Haberdasher, Carpenter, Tapestry-maker, Dyer, and Weaver. Guildsmen

What is alliteration & alliterative verse (+structure)?

repeated consonants in a line, no rhyme, long line, A-verse, B-verse

What is fableau? Example

low vulgar comedy about lower class (Miller's Tale)

Describe feudal relationsips in the mediaeval society. What about guildsmen in this structure?

Depend on each other. Guildmen are separate

Satire in CT. examples

estate satire. proress, miller, man of law

What is hagiography? Examples

Mediaeval genre, serious, not satire, about matyrs. Second Nuns tale, Man of Law's tale

Chivalry and courtly love in the Knight's Tale

+_ 90% chivalrous

Chaucerian stanza. What is it and where was it used (3 examples)?

7 lines in iambic pent. ababbcc, T&C, Prioress' Tale, Second Nun's Tale

Dates of writing and publishing CT & who published it

~1380-1400, 1485, William Caxton

What is miracle? Examples

about divine intervention. Prioress' tale, Man of Law, Second Nun's tale

Structure of CT. Role of General prologue

Frame narrative. Tales + prologues. GP introduces characters

3 estates and their functions

knights (nobility) - fight, clergy - pray, peasants - work

Norman Conquest. When and who?

1066, William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy)

Black Death. Consequences

Depopulation, wages for peasants, urbanisation, new motifs in culture, church is less trusted

Love in Troilus and Criseyde

chivalric, love as suffering and happiness, motivation for characters

Parallels to Pushkin in Man of Law's Tale

letters etc

Black Death. What is it, when was it?

Plague. 1346-1353