British Literature: Week 7 - 9 Vocab

a narrative, in either prose or poetry, presenting a knight and his adventures.

________ Plays: a play depicting events from the Bible.

the code of conduct that bound and defined a knight's behavior.

a method of organizing society consisting of three estates: clergymen, the noblemen who were granted fiefs by the King, and the peasant class who worked on the fief.

________ and Wheel: a group of five short lines at the end of an alliterative verse rhyming ABABA.

the metaphor used in the Middle Ages to describe the social hierarchy believed to be created by God.

a character in ancient fertility myths representing spring and the renewal of life.

rugged mass of rocks.

play depicting representative characters in moral dilemmas with both the good and the evil parts of their character struggling for dominance.

Reproof: ________.

the unidentified author of Pearl, Patience, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

a resurgent use of the alliterative verse form of oral Old English poetry such as Beowulf.

a play depicting events from the Bible

a group of five short lines at the end of an alliterative verse rhyming ABABA

rules governing the behavior of knights and ladies in a ritualistic, formalized system of flirtation

pull hard

mound

twisted

split

happen to

church

split

hooked blade

be slow

sharpen a blade

expression of disapproval

intimidated

involuntary shrink away

lift overhead

effective

loyal and brave

scolded

envy

payment for sin

a narrative that contains another narrative

conversations among the various pilgrims between the stories to tie the stories together