Tuesday, 11/5 - Prepare For Thy Quiz

Medieval Cosmology - The Ptolemaic universe from Andrew Borde's
The First Book of the Introduction of Knowledge, 1542. (www.luminarium.org)

• P&P

• GUM 
• At his most characteristic medieval man was not a dreamer nor a wanderer he was an organizer a codifier a builder of systems. Distinction, definition and tabulation were his delight though full of turbulent activities, he was equally full of the impulse to formalize them.

Study Guide - Middle Ages Quiz

1. The Middle Ages - overview 
1. Nails (specifically the lit terms below)
1. code of chivalry
2. feudalism
3. courtly love
4. medieval romance 
5. irony
6. satire
7. frame narrative
2. Lit Terms - you are still responsible for the ones from the Anglo-Saxon period, too.
3. Vocab - Latin Roots Lesson 2
4. Literature - with the following works of "art," be ready to discuss how each one treats courtly love, the code of chivalry, feudal structure, etc.
1. A Knight's Tale (with Heath Ledger)
2. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (see Focus for document) - this one is the medieval romance
3. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
1. The General Prologue  - You should know something about all the characters we covered
2. "The Pardoner's Tale"
3. "The Wife of Bath's Tale"