In Beowulf, what is the significance of wergild ?

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In Yvain, le Chevalier au Lion, what is the significance of trouthe ?

A. Trouthe represents the supernatural aspects of the medieval romance. B. Trouthe alludes to the British conversion from paganism to Christianity. C. Trouthe emphasizes the positive side of feudalism. D. Trouthe suggests the imminent return to a pre-feudal social organization....

In The Wanderer, what is the speaker’s primary conflict ?

A. The desire to travel in search of wisdom with the social conventions B. The folly of earthly things with the wisdom of heaven C. The speaker’s spiritual regression with the increasing trend of Christian conversions D. The desire for a more advanced world with stagnant social progress...

Why is the concept of feudalism important in medieval literature ?

A. Feudalism represents the world ofscholars who studied the ancient texts of the past. B. The feudal world is one of glamor and beauty. C. Feudalism represents an economic hierarchy, the upper levels of which created and consumed literature. D. Feudalism represents interesting family quarrels that make for good stories....

What is “the gender fallacy” ?

A. the problem of a “man writing as a woman” B. the idea that woman cannot be as educated as men C. the idea that noble women are more similar to men than peasant women are D. the notion that chastity is impossible for men...

Which is true of childbirth in the Middle Ages ?

A. it was normally supervised by a midwife B. it was typically dangerous for mother and infant C. it was normally done without medical equipment D. All of the Above...