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| epic poem written in approximately 750 A.D. that showed up in the library of Sir Robert Cotton; similar to Hrolf Saga and story of Grettir the Strong |
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| Man whose library contained manuscripts of Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; manuscript badly damaged by a fire |
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| story type found in Europe in which a monster is to be defeated by a hero that descended or has attributes of a bear when others have failed; most famous is Beowulf, Hrolf Kraki, and the Grettis Saga |
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| story of a legendary Danish king in both Anglo Saxon and Scandinavian tradition; nephew of Hrothgar; mentioned in many Anglo Saxon traditional poems |
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| Beowulf-like story; story of an Icelandic outlaw |
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| a warrior who has been rewarded by his king with a gift of land |
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| payoff in a feud for killing someone's family member |
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| when a line stops midway through the sentence on one line and continues on the next line |
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| ground, bottom, watery depths; "grendeles mere" (Grendel's pool), "grindles bec" (brook), "gryndeles sylle" (swamp); water monster |
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| 3 works of literature found in Sir Robert Cotton's library believed to also be written by the poet that wrote "Sir Gawain" |
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| The Battle of Hastings (Oct. 14); when Normans beat the Saxons which marked a change of language and a rule in England and instituted the feudal system |
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| qualities that every knight should have (courage, loyalty, largesse, and honesty) |
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| the Celtic word for Britain; denotes where Gawain travels to find the Green Knight |
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| Betting system that involved two hunts, and spoils being exchanged at the end of the day |
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| 3 temptations, 3 hunts (deer, boar, fox); Gawain attempts to run from temptation, fight temptation, and outwit temptation |
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| self control in sexual matters |
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| one thing that Gawain cannot resist is preserving his own life |
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| Geoffrey Chaucer (1343?-1400?) |
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| earliest he could be is 1328; middle class man, son of John Chaucer; he was a wine merchant with strong affiliations to Edward IV |
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| One of Chaucer's first works; approximately 1400 lines |
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| poem of Chaucer; approximately 700 lines; written in dream vision style |
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| poem by Chaucer; written between 1379 and 1380; written in 2000 lines and three books; dream vision style; influenced by Italy with octosyllabic couplets; unfinished |
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| poem by Chaucer that re-tells siege of Troy in middle English; mid-1380's; long poem; main influence from Bocaccio |
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| unfinished work; written after peasant's revolt; derived from 2 major manuscripts in the early 15th century; date unknown; no classes, just 'estates' |
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| a moral story that personifies animals |
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| a French tale of low or common characters that usually contains bawdy and satirical humor |
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| people could free souls from purgatory by buying indulgences |
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| literary device in which shorter stories are narrated and are part of a larger story or main narrative |
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| one of the humors; usually denotes redness and anger |
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| one of the humors; denotes happiness |
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| humor; "go with the flow" attitude |
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| humor; sadness or reserved attitude |
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| idea that dreams are a result of natural causes like an imbalance of the humor's; Pertelote's view |
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| idea that dreams are messages from God; held by Chaunticleer |
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| Macrobius: Somnium Scipionis |
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| written by Cicero and quoted by Chaunticleer in the story, this is a dream vision work that represents the idea of Somnium Coeleste |
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| chant+clear=what a good priest should be |
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| Chaucer's translation of the Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius; stresses importance of philosophy to everyday life; worked from the Latin version and it influenced his works such as "The Knight's Tale" |
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| person in Canterbury Tales who represents the Peasants' Revolt; real historical figure of early 1300's |
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| Walter Tyler (1341-1381); Leader of Peasant's revolt of 1381 and killed there |
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