HIST-308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: French Folklore, Vernacular Culture, Geoffrey Chaucer
10 Nov 2020
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It reminded us he was working with pre-made materials. The husband was the noble marquis de saluzzo. He thought the virtuous conduct was likely more common among less wealthy people. To test this theory, marquis performs sadistic experiments on his wife. His goal is to see if she will break due to his vice fueled actions: breaking griselda. The marquis reasons he can cause griselda to cheat on him. This would prove even the peasant virtue has a breaking point. First he lies to her that he"s murdered their children. Then he tells her he is bored with her and he plans to marry right away. She stands by her husband and refuses to fight back or commit adultery. The marquis finally comes clean and tells her he was just joking. The nearby townspeople celebrate her and rejoice in the knowledge that peasant virtue does exist: translating boccaccio.
