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Middle Ages (Old English, Middle English, Chaucer, Ivanhoe)

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Answer/Definition
What languages make up old English?   Celtic (aboriginies) + Latin (Roman Empire) + Anglo Saxon (Germanic Tribes) = old English  
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Alphabet used in old English   Runic  
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Old English sounds like...   German  
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Vikings   Germanic Tribes (Anglo, Saxon, & Jutes)  
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author of Beowolf   unknown  
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Beowolf is important beacause...   it was the first story written in old English  
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How did Middle English form?   Wiliam of Normandy and his French Vikings conquered England adding French to the language  
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William of Normandy   French Viking, 1066  
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Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?   Geoffery Chaucer  
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When did the Canterbury Tales take place?   1066  
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How many stories did Chaucer record?   23  
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pilgrimage   religious journey  
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Who wrote Ivanhoe?   Sir Walter Scott  
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When does Ivanhoe take place?   1194 AD  
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YEOMAN   free man, often a farmer of forester in the service of a knight  
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THE PRIORESS   nun in charge of convent  
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CLERK   member of clergy or a student preparing for holy orders, scholar at Oxford  
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SERGENT OF THE LAW   one of the crown's most respected legal officers. judges of the king's courts  
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THE FRANKLIN   free man, land holder  
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FIVE GUILDSMEN   tradesmen  
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COOK   owner of a cook shop in London  
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WIFE OF BATH   widow, housewife, from the city of Bath  
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PARSON   parish priest, lower free class, educated  
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MANCIPLE   steward, like manager or housekeeper, planned meals, supervised servants, and bought food  
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MILLER   ran a grist mill to which farmers bought their grain to be ground into flour  
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THE PARDONER   clergyman authorized by the Pope to sell forgiveness to sins not yet commited, money went to the church  
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MONK   religious leader  
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SQUIRE   young bachelor  
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KNIGHT   trust worthy, chivalrous  
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How many stories IN ALL were told during the Canterbury Tales?   128  
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Grendel   monster in Beowolf  
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Nageling   King Hygelac's sword (Beowolf)  
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Nixies   a type of sea monster (Beowolf)  
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Herot   fort/hall built by King Hrothgar  
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