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The Medieval University

The Medieval Podcast

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What I Like About University Laundry

No fellow shall presume to sleep outside the house in town and if he did so for a reason he shall take pains to submit his excuse. No women of any sort shall eat in the private rooms. If anyone violates this rule he shall pay the assessed penalty, namely six pence. Also no one shall form the habit of talking too loudly at table. According to good custom you should place the sauce on the right, the service plate on the left. Take hold of the base of a goblet so that unsightly finger marks may not show on the side. Once again I touch critically on manners in polite society so that my readers may become more genteel.

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