Rough times …

… Historian Ian Mortimer Describes Everyday Life in the Middle Ages - SPIEGEL ONLINE.

Chivalry has its darker side. Just think of the awful example of Sir John Arundel and his men. During a spell of bad weather, his band found shelter at a convent. They used their time there to rape all the nuns and steal valuables. When the gang moved on, it was to rob a church, raid a wedding party and gang rape the bride. When the weather finally improved enough for them to return to their ship and set sail, they forced many of the nuns to come with them as sex slaves. But when the weather worsened again, they threw the nuns overboard to lighten the ship's load and keep it from capsizing.