Medieval Literature

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Who were these texts made for?
At this time there were no definite limitations on who could hear a text or story. They were not made for certain people.
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Who made money from literature?
No one owned a story. There was no copyright. No one earned any money from literature and there was no publishing business.
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What is a romance?
A romance is not necessarily a love story. More about chivalry and knights going on adventures.Sometimes a woman is involved. It's about the action, not the psychology of the characters.
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Who enjoyed romances?
This genre was popular with aristocrats in the 12th and 13th centuries. In the 14th century romances were translated from French to English. In the 14th and 15th centuries there are more romances available to us.
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What are the most famous ballads?
The Robin Hood Ballads.
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What's included in a beast fable?
They often have a moral or teaching purpose. Often include a trickster character and are often satirical. Can be in prose or verse.
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How were texts read?
Silent reading was not very common. Texts were read aloud and it was a shared experience. Many are performance pieces.
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What is accentual verse?
It is important where the stress in placed in the line.
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What's 'bob-and-wheel'?
The wheel is a summary of the stanza before.
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What is tail rhyme?
The B rhyme is the tail. AA B CC B DD B etc.
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What is identity?
Identity is that which makes us unique but is built on similarites. The sameness to something or someone. It's appearing and behaving in the way you should.
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In Havelok the Dane, who is English and who is a Dane?
Havelok is Danish, his father is Birkabeyn and his usurper is Godard. Goldburou is English, her father is Athlewold and her usurper is Goodrich.
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What is Le Freine given at birth to help identify her?
An embroidered cloth and a ring.
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Why is she names Le Freine?
After an Ash Tree where she was found.
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What is the name of Le Freine's twin?
Le Coudre
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How does Degare identify his mother?
The magic gloves fit her.
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What and when was the Dane Law?
In the 8th and 9th century there was a part of England that was ruled by Denmark.
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What was the Feudal system and who was at the top?
Clergy were at the top, then nobles and knights and then labourers and commoners. But it wasn't stable, there was instability in the church. The knight's class was constantly changing and there was black death in the labouring classes.
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Who wrote the original text of Ywain and Gawain and what are the differences?
Chretien de Troyes in France. French = focus on love. English = Trowth and relationships.
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What is trowth?
An oath and bond to your fellow knights.
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What is Ywain's other identity?
The Knight of the Lion
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What is the rhyme scheme of Ywain and Gawain?
Rhyming couplets throughout.
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Who is Ywain's love interest?
Alundyne
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What genre is The Wright's Chaste Wife?
A Fabliaux
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Which three people come to test the Wright's wife?
A clergyman, a Lord and a Steward.
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What work does the wife make the men do?
Spinning cloth.
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Where is Floris and Blancheflour set?
Moorish Spain
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What is Fin Amour?
Being completely infatuated with each other.
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Is Floris Christian?
No, he's a pagan prince but when they marry he is baptised.
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How is the Mappa Mundi orientated?
Orientated to the east. Jerusalem is at the centre. Britain is at the edge. Garden of Eden is far east at the top of the map. Rome is the centre of western empire.
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Who read The Travels of Sir John Mandeville?
Da Vinci and Columbus.
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What is Mandeville's route?
He leaves from St Albans in England and speaks of many ways to get to Jerusalem. He returns via Rome.
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What is the difference between space and place?
Space is something undefined that you can move through. Place is defined through architecture or memory.
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When and what were the Crusades?
In the 12th and 13th Century Christians went to rescue Jerusalem. They killed a lot of people.
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What do the three brothers get in Mandeville?
As part of their inheritance they get Asia, Europe and Africa.
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What are Muslims called in Mandeville?
Saracens.
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Why did John the Baptist die?
He predicted Jesus's coming. He was beheaded because someone's wife wanted his head so she got it.
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Where is Prester John from in Mandeville?
He's a christian in India.
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What is a trickster?
An international motif. Often a male, supernatural and difficult to kill. Somewhere between an animal and a human. Crosses boudaries and breaks rules.
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When was Reynard written?
1250
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Where does the text, Reynard, begin?
Written in Latin in a Dutch text in the 12th century and travels all over Europe in Dutch, French, German and Latin.
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What does the fox do in Reynard to beat the Wolf in a fight?
Reynard shaves and oils himself. He urinates on his tail so when he hits his opponent in the face it will blind him.
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Who is the one named wizard we know?
Merlin in the Arthur legend.
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How does Havelok gain the attention of Goldburou and Goodrich?
He throws a boulder 12 foot in shotput games.
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Why can Robin Hood not go to church?
Because he is wanted by the Sheriff for stealing £100 from the monk.
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What was the 100 years war?
A war between England and France between 1337 and 1453. There was no French heir so the English King wanted to take over. Many contenders and pretenders to the throne.
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What was the War of the Roses?
The Lancastrians versus the Plantagenets. Second half of the 15th century. A war over who should rule. English Civil War.
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Who was on the throne when Havelok was written?
Edward I in the later part of the 13th century. He was known for being a good king.
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What else is in the same manuscript as Havelok?
Stories about Saints.
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Why was the Magna Carta drawn up?
To hold King John to account for his lavishness. He was a weak king.
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Who does Reynard get advice from?
The Queen.
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What is Fest Du Cartio?
An act of accusations that mean nothing.
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Apart from the monk, who else dies in Robin Hood?
An innocent page.
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What is vellum?
Calf-skin that was used to make manuscripts. Expensive.
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What is Ashmole 61?
An amateur manuscript where many of the texts have been changed or censored.
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What was the Auchinleck Manuscript and who did it belong to?
A big and expensive manuscript including Degare, Floris and Le Freine. Could have belonged to a woman, merchants or Rural gentry.
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Who owned M.S. Royal 15 E VI?
Margaret of Anjou. A gift on her betrothal to Henry VI.
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Who was the wife of Edward IV and what did she own?
Elizabeth Woodville. Royal 14 III
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Who does Chretien state he wrote his original of Ywain for?
Marie de Champagne.
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What manuscript is Robin Hood in and who do we believe wrote it?
Cambridge University Library MS. ff. 548. Gilbertus Pilkerton
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What is the local significance in Robin Hood
There was a church that didn't pay much money to the institution. Most likely corrupt, like the Monk having more money than he should.
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