Dear Dad, Send Money – Letters from Students in the Middle Ages

Re:Dear Dad, Send Money – Letters from Students in the Middl... by Danieru on Monday September 07, 2015 @01:45PM (#10182296)

Of worthy note: "In the year 1400 he penned this imaginary letter from a student to his father:"

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Re:Dear Dad, Send Money – Letters from Students in the Middl... by cfoobaz on Monday September 07, 2015 @04:07PM (#10182827)

So that particular letter was a parody?

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Re:Dear Dad, Send Money – Letters from Students in the Middl... by knodi123 on Monday September 07, 2015 @11:07PM (#10183991)

Yes, that one was, although it's still medieval.

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Re:Dear Dad, Send Money – Letters from Students in the Middl... by kosievdmerwe on Monday September 07, 2015 @11:51PM (#10184047)

Though parodies and satires still offer you an insight into the lives and state of minds of people back then.

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Re:Dear Dad, Send Money – Letters from Students in the Middl... by stormbrew on Tuesday September 08, 2015 @03:08AM (#10184393)

That's the Eustache Deschamps one. The first one, which the article doesn't attribute and doesn't claim is imaginary, also makes a veiled reference via Bacchus, though.

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