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Feuillages de rosiers encadrant le premier feuillet d’un manuscrit du Roman de la rose. Guillaume de Lorris et jean Meun, Paris, vers 1420 -14. BNF, Manuscrits, français 804, f. 1 Des feuilles de rosier qui parsèment le lit du dormeur et encadrent la page de titre entrent en résonance avec le titre du livre. Le manuscrit porte les armes de la famille Du Plessis d’Assé.
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"People in the Middle Ages coped better with death than we do"
This historical article about a historically accurate TV show helped Gertrude understand the way that death and birth effected peoples mentality in her time. Helen Castor explained that at this time "the reality of the next world would weigh heavy on people’s perceptions of this world". As we saw in the book most people cared about going to heaven or hell. This connects to the story because death was a major theme in the play.