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ELA unit 2

The midieval era and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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1066 The start of the Medieval Era,when the Anglo-Saxons get conquered in the battle of Hastings by the Normans.
Harold The king of the Anglo-Saxons when they get conquered by the Normans
William the conqueror King of the Normans when the Anglo-Saxons get conquered.
Feudalism A social system with a high and low class, based off of land. There is little to no crossover in-between classes. The systems consites of a king (owns the land) lords (land is gifted) Knights (fight for the land) farmers (work the land) Serfs (slaves)
Doomsday book Record of who has what land.
Wool This is what paved the way for a middle class, and specialized businesses.
guilds Like labor unions, people in a trade would get together
Catholic Church responsible for England's similar culture.
Ordeals Legal term - A judge could decide to test someone by ordeal and if they fulfill all of the requirements they are innocent. Another kind of ordeal is the accuser and the accused will duel and whoever wins is right.
Primogeniture This law said that the oldest son got his fathers stuff. Everyone else in the family either had to marry, seek knighthood, go into the church, or they could plot or kill the older brother.
Magna Carta A document that king John was forced to sign that basically put a ton of limits on what he could do.
Crusades a series of military exposition off and on from 1095-1270 to attempt to take the holly land.
Chivalry The code of behavior expected from a knight
Hundred Years' War a series of wars for 100+ years, where English try to hold on to their land in France.
Longbow A weapon that the English developed before French witch helped to prolong the 100 years war.
Wars of the Roses 2 Family's who thought they had a claim on the throne fought
1485 End of the wars of the Roses, also the end of the Medieval era
Romances Tales of chivalry, adventure, love, magic. Not necessarily
Ballads popular songs that told story's
Miracle plays Staged versions of bible story's
Morality plays Staged allegory's (A story that is about something but representing something else.)
Geoffrey Chaucer 1st famous English writer, his most famous work is the Canterbury tales
Vocabulary changes French influence to English, Low country spoke dutch + Flemish
London dialect Standard written English
Middle english More recognizable then old English but less so then Shakespeare.
Great Vowel Shift Linguistic shift that changes vowels sounded
Who was the famous king in the story? King Aurther
Why does Gawain take the challenge Because he wants to live up to his reputation, also because of chivalry
What were some of Gawain successes He didn't let the kisses go farther then kisses, took the 2nd blow from the green knight without flinching, he comes to the meeting place on time, and he took the challenge.
What were some of Gawain's failures He took the kisses, Didn't give the belt back, he flinches.
Who was the Green knight He was the Lord of the castle that Gawain staid at.
how does Gawain feel about missing a few "points" in the Green knights test? Really upset with himself
what does the Green knight think about Gawain after the test? He is super impressed that he was able to do what he had done at all.
What does Gawain think of the Green chapel He thinks it looks like something from the devil
What did the swings the Green knight took represent? The first fake one was for the kisses, and the second one was for concelling the belt.
Created by: aewi29
 

 



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