Episode #143- Who Was the Mother of Empires? (Part II)
Our Fake History
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The Marriage of Henry and Eleanor
At first there seems to have been real affection between henry and eleanor. Many historians believe that this may have been a true love match, which was kind of a rare thing when it came to aristocratic pairings in the twelfth century. The double standard in how henry's infidelity has been presented in the historical sources is depressingly predictable. Henry's many affairs rarely get presented as being in any way as scandalous as eleanor's. People can live their life any way they want, as long as nobody's getting hurt. But it just seems unfair that eleanor gets raked over the coals for this kind of stuff, and everyone just seems to
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