Complete the historian's sarcastic notes about medieval society by choosing the correct word for each gap.

In medieval society, the wealthy wore shoes with impossibly long toes, while a regular peasant just wore mud. It was absolutely the most ridiculous period in fashion history.

In medieval society, the wealthy wore shoes with impossibly long toes, while a regular peasant just wore mud. It was absolutely the most ridiculous period in fashion history.

the wealthy: We use "the" + adjective to refer to a whole group or class of people (e.g., the rich, the elderly, the brave).

a regular peasant: We use "a/an" with singular countable nouns when talking about a typical, non-specific example of something.

the most ridiculous: We always use "the" before superlative adjectives because there can only be one "most" of something.