[Sca-cooks] impoverished college students

[A F Murphy]

The Paston letters are fascinating. The son asks for money, the mother
sends clothes, the mother writes to ask his teachers if he is applying
himself, the son assures her that he is and asks for money, the mother
points out that his father slaved all his life to provide him with this
opportunity and he'd better appreciate it, and sends some money...

Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.

Anne

(Sorry, I don't know how to do the accents...)

Stefan li Rous wrote:

>
>But Misha, you've expressed an interest in the true "Medieval"
>experience. Many (most?) college students in medieval times were
>impoverished. There are period letters writing home asking for more
>money.
>
>So see, you can get some of that medieval experience without having
>to deal with the dirt, the disease, the hostile townspeople... Err,
>well scratch that last.
>
>--
>THLord Stefan li Rous
>