AP language Flashcards

3362049698	Exemplum	Story told to illustrate a moral message or sermon	0
3362049699	Framework story	A story within a story	1
3362049700	Feudalism	Social hierarchy system of the middles ages A ruler or lord offers a mounted fighters a fief, a unit of land to control in exchange for military service	2
3362049701	Guilds	Important in the development of the middle class. Similar to a labor union. They set wages and prices, guaranteed products, and regulate the terms of apprenticeship	3
3362049702	Thomas a becket	Close friend of Henry II. Was murdered by one of King Henry's Knights. Martyr by the Catholic Church. Had a conflict between king of England. Canonized by pope Alexander III	4
3362049703	Great chain of being	Based on the idea that people of middles ages didn't believe full equality was possible among men on earth. They thought mortal life, each person had a slot and that is where they would remain because it was God's plan. Example. If they were born as a servant, they would remain as a servant	5
3362049704	Divine order of things	Hierarchy, gives King and pope the right to rule over command	6
3362049705	Chaucers retraction	Where Chaucer apologizes for any sinful or negative thing he has written. He asks for forgiveness from God and others	7
3362049706	Naive narrator	A narrator who doesn't know the whole story, shows irony. Reveals faults and flows around him from his inexperience example- first saying how bad the pardoner was then stating he was a well preacher	8
3362049707	Chivalry code	A code all Knights must obey. It involves being loyal to God, King/leader, protecting the victimized, and protecting the women.	9
3362049708	Concept of courtly love	Popular concept in literature in Middle Ages. Knights serves his courtly lady with obedience and loyalty. It's not between a husband and wife.	10