1300–1400 in European fashion this period, the most dignified figures, like King Charles in the illustration, continue to wear long overgowns—although as the Royal Chamberlain, de Vaudetar was himself a person of very high rank. This abandonment of the gown to emphasise a tight top over the torso, with breeches or trousers below, was to become the distinctive feature of European men's fashion for centuries to come. Men had carried purses up to this time because tunics did not provide pockets. The funeral effigy and "achievements" of Edward, the Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral, who died in 1376, show the military version of the
The Frogs Who Desired a King has become a willing plaything of the frogs as they gleefully hop onto his back and use his bill as a water-slide. The majority of allusions to Aesop's fable contrast the passivity of King Log with the energetic policy of King Stork. They include a reference by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in his novel "The House of the Seven Gables" (1851) and several in novels by science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein, who often featured political situations there. The fable was also pressed into the service of political commentary in the title "King Stork and King Log: at the dawn