> I'm also interested in the phrase "succurre cadenti" (to aid / assist
> the fallen
> ?) and wonder if it was seen to apply to any specific group, perhaps,
> in the
> context of the Prioress's Tale, the Jews, or was it seen exclusively
> as
> referring to Christians or just "fallen people" in general?
I have always understood it as referring to fallen humanity in general.
I doubt that it would refer to the Jews particularly.
Oriens.
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