The Canterbury Tales Crossword

exists when a story is told within a narrative setting or frame
pilgrims who carried palm branches as a token that they had visited the Holy Land
the head of a house of monks
a place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion
French version of St. Augustine, a famous Church scholar
an act performed to make amends for one's sins
confession
formal forgiveness for one's sins
standard payments made to the church
a song sung in the evening in church
morning songs in church
The joust or tilting match was a medieval form of combat.
A simple tale that illustrates a moral lesson and that often features animal characters.
a poem that treats a trivial subject in a lofty manner and thereby pokes fun on its own subject matter
Mock epics that feature animal characters
a story used to illustrate a moral point in a sermon or other works
has five unstressed syllables each followed by a stressed syllable
The two lines above, with their end-rhymes craft and graft.
seven-line stanza
one of the most popular literature forms of the Middle Ages
verse romances of Celtics became known as _______________.
the first hour of the day, or about 6 a.m.
the third hour or the day, or about 9 a.m.
the sixth hour of the day, or noon
the ninth hour of the day, or about 3 p.m.
late afternoon or early evening
the hour just before retiring, often around sunset in medieval times
The verse romances of Celtic origin that spread from Brittany throughout France and Western Europe.
a sequence of plays that covered the whole history of the world
hard to understand; obscure