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| Margery Kempe | This woman was a full time religious hysteric (after her other careers failed) |
| Julian of Norwich | This woman was an anchoress and religious recluse, God saved her from a serious illness |
| Green Knight | This character in The Pearl Poet's tale challenges Arthur's court to a Christmas "game" |
| Gawain | The lone knight to answer the challenge in The Pearl Poet's tale |
| Morgan le Fay | The architect of the "Christmas game" presented to Arthur's court |
| Pardoner | The character profits from the sins of others by taking money for offering "forgiveness" |
| Chaucer | The first great English poet, he was a master of the "frame tale" |
| The Pearl Poet | The writer of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a nickname of sorts |
| Wife of Bath | This character married multiple times and claimed to know the secrets of love |
| Frame Tale | A larger story that contains many smaller stories within |
| Eve | This archetype's sexuality is blamed for the downfall of man |
| Mary | This archetype is promoted by the Church as the perfect woman, her purity redeems mankind |
| Archetype | An original model of a person, ideal example, or a prototype after which others are copied |
| The Black Plague | This event claimed the lives of over 1.5 million people and helped revive the English language |
| Middle English | The form of English spoken between the Norman invasion of 1066 and about 1470 |
| Peace of God | This religious document details laws related to church behavior and combat |
| Truce of God | This church document details how the knight should behave (in relation to the church) |
| Norman Conquest | This historical event marks the beginning of the Medieval Period in 1066 |
| Crusades | These quests into Jerusalem (and the Middle East) were aimed at retrieving religious artifacts and "saving" the Holy Land |
| Religious Artifacts | The Shroud of Turin, the cross, the crown of thorns are all examples of these |
| Holy Grail | This is the cup that Christ drank from at the Last Supper and also the cup that supposedly caught his blood |
| Flagellants | These people punished/whipped themselves to show devotion to God, the ended up spreading the plague |
| Misogyny | Hatred of women |
| Courtly Love | Originated in France, a rejection of sensual earthly love in favor of a spiritual love |
| Chivalry | Code of conduct for knights, includes: virtues, challenges, and courtly love |
| Antifeminism | Opposition to feminism in some or all of its forms |
| Fabliaux | a short, usually comic, frankly coarse, and often cynical tale in verse popular especially in the 12th and 13th centuries |
| Predestination | The belief that before the creation God determined the fate of the universe and all his people |
| Original Sin | The concept that states everyone is born sinful, even as a baby |
| Autobiography | A book about the life of a person, written by that person (The Book of Margery Kempe) |
