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• Leerjaar 5

Watch one of the Canterbury Tales (6:22 min)

If you have finished watching, switch to the Theme 5 lesson

A pardoner

- Speaks to people in churches

- Sells pardons (aflaten)

- Has a lot of possessions that belonged to "saints" (heiligen) = relics

The Pardoner's Tale

- Three (drunk) men go on a search for Death, to kill him

- The three encounter an old man and start shouting at him

- The old man wants to continue his search for Death, but the three men won't allow him that

- The old man points the men towards a point where they find a lot of money

- And then...

Put these groups in the correct historical order:

Iron Age 

AD 43 

410 - 1066

700-1100

1066

Normans

Vikings

Anglo-Saxons

Romans

AncientBritons

Which statement about William the Conqueror is NOT true?

1. He was the duke of Normandy.
2. He defeated the Anglo-Saxons.
3. He was also called William the Bastard
4. He appointed Roman soldiers to key positions.

Which changes influenced the English language during the Norman Conquest?

1. new religion was introduced
2. Anglo-Saxon nobility was murdered
3. land was granted to Norman nobility
4. Feudal system was introduced.

The War of the Roses was between the houses of …………………………… and ………………………..

1. York, Lancaster
2. Tudor, Windsor
3. Hannover, Lancaster
4. Tudor, Hannover

The feudal system consisted of the following classes

1. Kings - knights - soldiers
2. King - nobility - clergy - commoners
3. Kings - warriors - peasants
4. Nobility - knights - farmers

If I gave you a piece of land in the Middle Ages, you would be my...

1. serf
2. lord
3. vassal
4. peasant

The social system or government system of exchanging land for service was called...

1. Socialism
2. Feudalism
3. Vassalism
4. Theocracy

the most important year/event for the development of the English language is

1. 1066/Battle of Hastings
2. 450 AD/migration of peoples
3. 55 BC/invasion of Romans
4. 1099/Battle of Hastings

A huge green knight enters the castle and challenges the knights. What is the challenge?

1. He wants them to take a swing at him with his own axe
2. He wants to hit them with an axe
3. He wants them to follow him to the Green Chapel
4. He wants to see them again a year and a day later

What happens after Gawain decapitates the Green Knight?

1. The Green Knight dies
2. The Green Knight gets up and leaves without his head.
3. The Green Knight gets up, picks up his head and leaves
4. The Green Knight picks up his head, promises to meet Gawain a year and a day later and leaves.