The Middle Ages Project

1) The Crusadas;
In october 1066, a day long battle near Hastings, England, changed the course of history. 10 miles from the channel dividing england, france, Duke William of Normandy, france, defeated and killed king Harold of England last of Anglo-Saxon kings.
Norman Conquest, radically affects English history, English character, and English language. William was an efficientand ruthless Soldier, that wanted to rule the Anglo-Saxon. one of william's great administrative feats was o inventory of nearly every place of property in Ehgland, cattle, and buildings.
The murder of Thomas a Becket;
In 1154-1189, all christians belonges to the Catholic church. King Henry was a vassel of the pope, the head of the church and Gods representative. those days the pop was enormously powerfuland controlled most the crownedhead of Europe, his trusted friend Thomas as arch hish up of canterbury, head of catholic church in England. In december 1170, Henry ranged, will no one red him of the turbulent priest. Four of Henry's Knights murderd Becket right in his own cathedral. Deed led to devotion to st. thomas the martyr, and created back lash against Henry, the monarchy power struggles with Rome. The set back led to the kinds of liberties taken by several of the clergymen.
the magna carta;
the event that most clearly heralded a retum to older, democratics tendencies in England was the signing of the magna carta. The vicious Pragmatic John was strogly backed by the pope, english barons forced him to sing a document. When aristocrats writting for aristocrats, the barons had no interest in the right of the common people. the magna carta laterbecame the basisfor English constitutional law, right as trail by jury and legislative taxation were established.
The Black Death;
Bubanie plague struck England in 1348-1349, delievered another blow to feudalism. Highly contagious, spread by fleas from infected rats, diseases reduced the nation's populations by the third causing a labor shartaga and inevitable giving the lower classes mor leverage than ever before against their overlords. The time when king Henry VII's 1485 marriage reconciled the warring house of york and lancaster, Middle Ages ending in England.

2) The Night:
He's a truthful, reliable person that love chivalry; he had fought fifteen battles, he was a worthy Knight, wise, truly perfect, gental Knight. His steeds are good, but not gay.
"A Knight there was, and he a worthy man, who, from the moment that he first began to ride about the world, loved chivalry, Truth, honour, freedom and all courtesy. full worthy was he in his liege -lord's war , and there in had he ridden (non more far) as well in christenom as heathenesse, and honovred everywhere for worthiness".
The Squire:
he's twenty years old and vary active.
"a youthful squire, a lover a lusty bachelor, with lock real curled, as if they'd laid in press".
The Yeoman:
He had Know servants, and like to travel.
"A yeomen had he, nor more servents, no, at that time, for he chose to travel so; and was clad in coat and hood of green".
The Prioress:
The Prioress was also an nun, one of her greatest oath was by saint Elay, also known as madom Eglantine.
"There was also a nun, a Prioress, who, in her smilling, modest was and coy; her greatest oath was but saint Elay! and was known as madom Eglantine".
The Nun:
A young nun not over 16 years old.
"A nother little nun with her had she".
The Three Priests:
didn't know her chaplain.
"Who was her chaplain; and of Prists she'd three".
The monk:
A monk four mastery, out rider that love's his venery.
"A monk thers was, one make for mastery, an out ridder, who loved his venery, a manly man, to be an abbot able".
The Friar:
The Friar was a very festive man. married a women that's young, and was vary gental.
"A Friar there was, a want on and a merry, a limiter, a very festive man, he had arranged full many a marrigae of woman young, and this at his own dost".
the Merchant:
The Merchant could make a crown it the money-changed, he is worthy, and kept all his wits well set.
"there was a merchant with forked beard, and girt in motley grown, and hegh on horse he set, upon his head a flemish bealer hat; his boots were fastened rather elegantly".
The clerk:
The clerk speeches about pregnant moral virtue, and a fat man.
"Pregnant of moral virtue was his speech; and gladly would he leam and gladly teach".
The Lawyer:
The Lawyer was wary and wise.
"A sergeant of the law, wary and wise, who'd oftengone to paul's wald ot advise, there was also, compact of excellence".
The Franklin:
He lone morning sop in wine.
"Of sanuine temperament by every sign, he loned right well his morning sop in win".
The Haberdasher and the carpenter:
one was a Haberdasher and the other was a carpenter.
"A haberdasher and the carpenter".
The Weaver, The Dyer, and The Arras-Maker:
thy can similar livery, sober, and live your clothes smelling fresh.
"An arras-maker, dyer, and weaver where with us, clothed in similar livery, all of one sobe, great fraternity".
The cook:
It boils chicken with marrow-bones, and flavour tartly with galingale.
"A cook they had with themm just for the nonce, to boil the chickens with the marrow-bones, and flavour tartly and with galingale".
the sailor:
Lives far out west, of dartmouth, town, and ware rought cloth that falls down to his knee.
"there was a sailor, living far out west; for aught i know, he was of Dartmouth town, he sadly rode a heckney, in gown, of thick rough cloth falling to the knee".
3) The pardoner's Iale was a really good bood, i like cause it's an old tale book meaning it was written back in the days, and i can see how they talk back then and how things were. I like when they was talking about that man that was slain up on his bench, face up, dead drunk again, they called him death, that kill them all around in a breath.
4) The Pardoner's Talereflects on the middle ages cause both of them was written in the path you can tell because of how they talk in the story.
Middle ages and Pardaner's tale both had enamy in it that they had to faught so that they wont take over there property.