The 'frankness' of fifteenth-century people about the body and its functions has often been observed; if you believe human nature is to be fallen from grace, and irredeemably flawed, then there is no reason to be discreet or fastidious about its natural properties. It might be useful, even beneficial, to exploit or parody them.Related posts:
13 May 2016
Fifteenth-Century People
Peter Ackroyd, The Life of Thomas More (London: Vintage, 1999), pp. 33-34:
