Death draw near. The cross is held before the dying man's eyes, friar and nun pray for his soul, a doctor attends, and a member of the family anticipates his inheritance.
On huntyng be they riden roially'. All classes loved hunting, though the poor could not enjoy the sumptuous day long sport of the nobility, and Chaucer hardly idealizes it as he does virtuous poverty. Aristocracy. 15c 14c.
The swerd of wynter, keene and coold' -- the hardships of winter accentuated the plight of the poor. Scene of peasant household in winter. peasantry 14c 15c countryside.
An embarrassing moment in a medieval brothel.
E.J. Burford, The Orrible Synne, 1973, notes that this image is from an engraving by the Master of the Banderoles, and points out that ""[t]he handsome young nobleman is attended even in the...
