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Cant. Tales Prologue + Chaucer
Honors English II
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English
10th Grade
10/02/2007

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Term
______ class who emerged from ______
Definition
Middle class emerged from the commerce that occurred between manors.
Term
Three monarchs that were ruling and their families?
Definition
Edward III (Plantangenet), Richard II (Plantangenet, Henry IV (Lancaster).
Term
The merchant class were:

The prologue consists of:
Definition
--> a class of people challenging the feudal system.

--> not nobles, not clergy, not knights
(middle class was still abstract)
Term
Chaucer's parents were of __________
Definition
different classes
Term
Chaucer's father was:
Definition
successful wine-maker in London
Term
Chaucer's mother was:
Definition
Agnes DeCompton. minor noble woman.
Because Chaucer was her direct son, he was given direct ties to nobility.
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