Medieval society was conditioned by a rigid equilibrium of religious and cultural standards as well as being status and hierarchically conscious. There were boundaries within society and established orders, this order demarcated what was accepted and what was not. The complex social and cultural values of the Middle Ages had far reaching significance for ‘outsiders.’ Nonconformism threatened the security of those that did conform. The medieval world was not one homogenous group. ‘Outsiders’ is a questionable concept and to a certain extent largely a matter of perspective. In medieval discourse ‘outsider’ status was given to those who were the binary opposite to the norm or lived in contradistinction to ones own cultural identity whether it