6. Monks behaving badly (Day 1, Story 4)

Decameron 2020: Survival through Stories

English - August 07, 2020 17:00 - 12 minutes - 8.84 MB
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The two previous stories appealed to virtue--the fourth, told by Dioneo appeals to vice. In this story, a young monk who commits an egregious offence with a young woman, and then how he frees himself from the pain of punishment by cunningly, and scandalously, reprehending his senior Abbot with the very same offence.

Warning: This story describes a sexual assault, and may be deeply troubling to many listeners.

This story was narrated by JM Meyer.

Translation by John Florio. Podcast intro: Karen Alvarado. Editing and Sound Design by Brady Marchand. Copy editing by Bob Jones, Ania Upstill, Karen Alvarado, and J.M. Meyer. Project manager: Celine Dirkes. Graphic design: Hannah Lang.

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