A. parchment made of animal skin B. the service owed to a lord by his peasants(“villeins”) C. unrhymed iambic pentameter D. an unbreakable oath of fealty...
A. Boethius’s Consolidation of Philosophy B. Saint Jerome’s translation of the Bible C. Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People D. a code of laws promulgated by King Ethelbert...
A. embellishment at the service of Christian doctrine B. repetition of parallel syntactic structures C. ironic understatement D. stress on every third diphthong...
A. Their leaders were Lollards, advocating radical religious reform. B. The common people were still essentially pagan. C. They believed that writing, a skill largely confined to the clergy, was a form of black magic D. The church was among the greatest of oppressive landowners....
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