A detailed description of a late-medieval tavern (NSFW)

[ssfsx17]

I may have posted this before, but here it is again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50PzRq4jT5E

Warning: This is comparable to the crass and low-brow humor of modern times.

This kind of material should help you write your own taverns that adventurers like to hang out in.

[Penny-Whistle]

I may have posted this before, but here it is again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50PzRq4jT5E

Warning: This is comparable to the crass and low-brow humor of modern times.

This kind of material should help you write your own taverns that adventurers like to hang out in.

What a great find! Thank you for sharing. The horror! hahaha

The middle ages takes place over a long period so it is a wonderful time to see how certain ideas evolved. Some taking firm hold; others being discarded forever. Women were the equals of men at the start. Equally poor more times than not, haha. But the closer one gets to the Renaissance, more misogyny begins to appear in literature and songs. Ironically right around the same time the whole 'courtly love' fad begins. Why that happens is a complicated story. But characters like Elynour Rummynge and the Wife of Bath do show up as objects of satire and are derided for not meeting certain standards that hold today especially in places like the Men's Rights camp. For the first time women who are economically independent start to seem a little odd and even threatening. And I do think this is where the whole idea that a woman is judged primarly on her appearance begins. What makes Elynour, the Wife of Bath and later the nurse in Romeo and Juliet funny is their lack of pretty.

I remember studying these texts when I was in college and sharing very mixed reactions with the other students. These are really well drawn characters. They come to life. But they eventually seriously limit the depiction of women for many years to come.

Just saying. I still liked listening to him.

[Arduin]

Yes, indicative of England only. Medieval Europe was MUCH different. Women had much less rights than men. A model more on the Roman line.