Summary The Wars of religion is about woodworms eating away at a church, due to this a Bishop sits on the throne in the church and falls off because the leg had been eaten away. From this they pleaded to have a legal cases brought upon the woodworms, were they argue against each other over the woodworms innocence or guilt. It ends with the document being eating by “some species of termite” and the woodworm being found guilty and sentenced to excommunication.
The Wars of Religion Jess and Tiarna PLOT The document is a copy
of someone elses version of the trial. Ptition des habitans
(Petition of the inhabitants) - describes how the worshipers of god
want to the Almighty god petition the court to get rid of the
malefactors believing that they have brought upon them gods wrath.
Plaidoyer des habitans (Advocacy of the inhabitants) - talks about
the petitioners of Mamirolle wish to injunct and enjoin these
woodworms to quit their habitation for it offends God by attacking
his House and threatened the petitioners to bring down the
framework because the woodworms ate into a leg of the throne chair
in the Church. Plaidoyer des insectes (Advocacy insects) - The
procurator is defending the woodworms in a legal case calling them
his clients. The procurator uses five arguments to prove that the
woodworms are innocent. 1. They are only acting on instincts, 2.
They were unable to appear before court because it puts its own
life in danger which is a legitimate reason not to go to court, 3.
The summons was incorrectly drawn and not specific to which
woodworms, 4. The woodworms are Gods own creation created for a
purpose, 5. The would be unable to punish the woodworms with
excommunication because they don't believe in God. Rplique des
habitans (Replica of the inhabitants) - The prosecution rebuts all
the procurators arguments 1. God gave Adam control over the animals
and he didn't make them like this 2. What would put the woodworms
in danger for them not to appear, 3. God created the woodworms to
eat the trees not the cut trees or the cut wood, 4. The prosecution
argues against the woodworm having no immortal soul and cannot be
excommunicated by saying that it was not on the Ark of Noah and
that the actions were of a spirt namely Lucifer. Rplique des
insectes (Replica insects) - A third party making their arguments
against and for 1. These woodworms having being living in the
church of generations and that they must be referring to the first
generation not the recent one, secondly the Holy Scripture doesn't
forbid them from eating cut wood and if God didn't intend for them
to eat cut would then they wouldnt, 2. They didn't have a record of
which animals were Gods creation and that any creation was aboard
the Ark unless sated that it wasnt, 3. When Bishop Grenoble fell
from his horse neither the Lord or the horse were to blame, Do we
think the Almighty God is so weak and timorous a creature that He
is unable to protect His temple against tiny bestioles? 4. They
acknowledge the woodworms as Gods creation and plea to have the
case made non-suited. Conclusions du procureur piscopal (Episcopal
prosecutor Conclusions) - 1. They can bring judgement the seventh
generation of woodworms whom have all offended the Lord, 2. What if
the woodworms are the first generation and have an immortal soul.
They sentenced the woodworms to excommunication and recommended
that all penances and prayers customary in such cases be required
of the habitans. Sentence du juge dglise (Sentence of the Church
judge) - The judge admonish the aforesaid woodworm as detestable
vermin and command excommunication and to never again infest the
church The woodworm ate the end of the document. Summary The Wars
of religion is about woodworms eating away at a church, due to this
a Bishop sits on the throne in the church and falls off because the
leg had been eaten away. From this they pleaded to have a legal
cases brought upon the woodworms, were they argue against each
other over the woodworms innocence or guilt. It ends with the
document being eating by some species of termite and the woodworm
being found guilty and sentenced to excommunication. SETTING The
Wars of Religion is set in a medieval time period inside of a court
room. The speakers are addressing the audience, which in medieval
time is the usually the jury, or the judge into believing that
there side of the argument is correct. CHARACTERS Ptition des
habitans - inhabitants of Mamirolle, god Plaidoyer des habitans -
general public (all male) Plaidoyer des insectes - the procurator
Rplique des habitans - prosecutor Rplique des insectes - procurator
for the bestioles Conclusions du procureur piscopal - prosecutor
for the bestioles Sentence du juge dglise - judge There is
continuously and audience throughout the entire story. NARRATIVE
VOICES Narrator in first and third person and spoken by a narrator
that has a formal presentation. LANGUAGE AND STYLE Written in first
person and spoken by a narrator. Some parts are in third person but
are usually talking about the weather, the behaviours of others or
inanimate objects. Set in the 1950s with use of Latin and English
language. Formal language and style of presentation when voicing of
opinions. IDEAS/THEMES/ CONCERNS The concerns throughout The Wars
of Religion are post-modernistic as they question the structure of
the court system in medieval times and bring in the concerns of
religion and the effect that has on peoples judgment and decision
making. Religion is the most reoccurring theme throughout this
story, however there is also the need for justice. KEY QUOTES with
immediate and catastrophic death being flung down at us from above
like clamorous thunder- above = god pg.62 preferring instead to
bury themselves in sinful darkness rather than face the truth of
light - coaxing them out pg. 63 Oh malevolent day! Oh malevolent
invaders! - the woodworm ate the leg off the throne chair pg. 64
This is no sound law. - its ridiculous pg. 67 Go does nothing
without purpose,and the purpose of the bestioles to take up their
habitation in the church of Saint-Michel can have been none other
than as a warning and punishment against the wickedness of mankind.
- mankind should changes its ways pg. 68 Cast out the beam from
your own eye before you seek to extract the mote from the eye of
another. - open your own eyes shielded by a wall before opening
someone else shielded by a pebble pg.68 Guided by the holy spirt,
the church can do nothing wrong. - the church is always right pg.
73 arguments will fall like the walls of Jericho before the trumpet
of truth. - these arguments are truth pg. 74 UNKNOWN LATIN WORDS
LIST UNKNOWNMEANING BestiolesCritters Ptition des habitansPetition
of the inhabitants Plaidoyer des insectesAdvocacy of the
inhabitants Rplique des habitansReplica of the inhabitants Rplique
des insectesReplica of incests Conclusions du procureur
piscopalEpiscopal prosecutor Conclusions Sentence du juge
dgliseSentence of the Church judge In absentiaIn the absence of
UNKNOWN WORDS LIST UNKNOWNMEANING Advocacy Public support for or
recommendation of a particle cause or policy omittedTo leave out,
fail to include or mention anathemaA person or thing detested or
loathed imbecilityAn instance or point of weakness fervently having
or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling,enthusiasm,
etc.; ardent environssurrounding objects; surroundings;
environmentenvironment bedizened to dress or adorn in a showy,
gaudy, or tasteless manner odiousnessdeserving or causing hatred;
hateful; detestable crozier a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop
or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook
omnipotentalmighty or infinite in power, as God
