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"He had a store of tavern stories, filthy in the main
His was a master hand at stealing grain" |
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"He would allow--just for a quart of wine
any lad to keep a concubine." |
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"Now isn't it a marvel of God's grace
that an illiterate fellow can outpace
the wisdom of a heap of learned men." |
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"He loved so hotly that till dawn grew pale
he slept as little as a nightingale." |
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"As noted as St Julian was for bounty
He made his household free to all the county." |
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"Upon the cup when she had drunk; to eat
she reached a hand sedately for the meat." |
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"He wore a coat and hood of green
and peacock-feathered arrows, bright and keen." |
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"Gold stimulates the heart, or so we're told
He therefore had a special love of gold." |
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| "He'd fix up many a marriage, giving each of his young women what he could afford her." |
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| "His coat ws tucked under his belt and splayed/He rode hindmost of our cavalcade." |
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| "Black scabby brows he had, and a thin beard/Children were afraid when he appeared." |
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| "Supple his boots, his horse, in fine condition/He was a prelate fit for exhibition." |
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| "He had done nobly in his sovereign's war/And ridden into battle, no man more." |
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| "The thought of moral virtue filled his speech/and he would gladly learn and gladly teach" |
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| The Oxford Cleric (student) |
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| "And knew all the remedies for love's mischances/An art in which she knew the oldest dances." |
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| "Hunting a hare or riding a fence/was all for his fun, he spared for no expense." |
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| "He lived for pleasure and had always done/For he was Epicurus' very son." |
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| "But what a pity it seemed to me/THat he should have an ulcer on his knee." |
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| "Nowhere there was so busy a man as he/But he was less busy than he seemed to be." |
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| The Seargeant at Law (Lawyer) |
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| "He knew the taverns well in every town/And every innkeeper and bar maid too..." |
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| "I will along with you myself and ride/All at my own expense and serve as guide." |
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| "This man so had set/His wits to work, none knew he was in debt." |
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| "...and at it's very tip, his nose displayed/A wart on which there stood a tuft of hair." |
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| "And certainly he was an excellent fellow/Many a draught of vintage red and yellow" (wine) |
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| "How well he read a lesson or told a story/But best of all he sang an offertory." |
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| "Many a load of dung one time or other he must've carted through the morning dew/He was an honest worker good and true." |
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| "By his bed/He preferred having 20 books in red." |
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| The Oxford Cleric (student) |
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| He was the Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered by the king's men. |
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| This is the term used in the Crusades for "non-Christians." |
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| Most western of the pilgrimage destinations |
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| Geoffery Chaucer was known as the father of English ______________. |
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| Chaucer is buried in this famous burial place... |
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| The Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey |
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| The most brilliant city in the Middle Ages known as three names... |
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| Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul |
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| Chaucer wrote the tales using back-to-back rhyming lines known as... |
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| These were the 3 types of people most attracted to join the Crusades were... |
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| 2nd sons of nobility, peasants, and Christian knights |
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| Technique used by Chaucer in which you make fun of something to prove a point |
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| This was the target of Chaucer's satire in the Tales... |
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| This is the type of English Chaucer composed the Tales in. |
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| Language used by the common people. |
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| The most eastern of the pilgrimage destinations... |
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| The only ideal character from the church that Chaucer gives us in the Tales is... |
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| Chaucer uses which kind of characterization in the Prologue when he describes a characters physical features is... |
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| Indirect Characterization |
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| Chaucer uses which kind of characterization in the Prologue when he describes a characters physical features is... |
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| Indirect Characterization |
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| The only ideal character from the church that Chaucer gives us in the Tales is... |
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| The most eastern of the pilgrimage destinations... |
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