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way of life based on ownership and use of land (Medieval economic system)
a) feudalism
b) guilds
c) allegory
d) humanities

noble boy aged 7-14 doing chores for lord and lady and learning to fight
a) page
b) squire
c) knight
d) scholar

boy aged 14-21 who took care of lord's horse and armor and learned to fight
a) squire
b) reeve
c) yeoman
d) troubador

nobleman at least 21 years old skilled at fighting on horseback
a) knight
b) manciple
c) aristocracy
d) skipper

hunting with hawks and falcons and eagles
a) falconry
b) bird hunting
c) didacticism
d) pageants

fealty
a) loyalty
b) doctor
c) holy war
d) Bible history

two knights trying to knock each other off horses
a) jousting
b) tournament
c) lists
d) prose

church law that had court cases for clergy
a) canon law
b) lawyer
c) friar
d) Lollard

benefit of the clergy
a) right to a church trial instead of trial in a secular court
b) scholasticism
c) ecclesiastical
d) humanities

black death
a) bubonic plague
b) cholera
c) typhoid
d) Covid 19

organizations of skilled craftsmen
a) guilds
b) mercantiles
c) hyperboles
d) martyrs

Morning Star of the Reformation
a) John Wycliffe
b) Martin Luther
c) William Tyndale
d) John Huss

traveling preachers trained by John Wycliffe
a) Lollards
b) Friars
c) Minstrels
d) Parsons

humanities
a) liberal arts
b) scholasticism
c) didacticism
d) summoners

attempt to combine Aristotle's philosophy with Roman Catholic Church teachings
a) scholasticism
b) ecclesiasticism
c) allegory
d) mystery play

plays about Bible histories from creation to doomsday
a) mystery plays
b) miracle plays
c) morality plays
d) romances

main idea of a work
a) theme
b) genre
c) didacticism
d) frame tale

short poem that told a story and was usually sung
a) romance
b) ballad
c) prose
d) epic

categories of literature
a) genres
b) themes
c) ballads
d) bards

group of stories unified by central situation; story inside another story
a) frame tale
b) romance
c) satire
d) irony

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