Ch. 18 Literature of the Middle Ages

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Across
  1. 2. At first, medieval stories were recited by ___.
  2. 6. history of everything that happened in the monastery or kingdom in the year
  3. 8. Popular poet who wrote the Divine Comedy and remains popular today.
  4. 9. A story in which a person faced some test of their character or had to overcome some trial to prove their worth
  5. 11. Few people in the Middle Ages could ___.
  6. 13. One of the most popular medieval epics
  7. 15. Some of the most beloved of all medieval romances, stories about Arthur and the knights of the Round Table
  8. 17. all the written work a civilization produces
  9. 18. In the song of Roland, Roland is a knight in the service of this king
Down
  1. 1. the most famous of the chansons de gaste, the tales of brave Frankish warriors
  2. 3. Some of the earliest medieval French literature was called this French phrase which means "Tales of Deeds"
  3. 4. An Englishman, famous for his work called The Canterbury Tales
  4. 5. a wandering poet who would recite his poems for nobility, often accompanied by a lute or some musical instrument
  5. 7. poems about warrior-heroes
  6. 10. Famous example of medieval romance about a mysterious visitor to the court of King Arthur
  7. 12. Dante was exiled from this city
  8. 14. Stories that told of the lives, virtues and miracles of a saint
  9. 16. An imaginary account of Dante's pilgrimage through the afterlife