Encore: The Murderous, Medieval Olga of Kiev
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Women Rule in a Medieval World
In places on the internet in particular, we see a medieval world that is white and male and about violence and power. That's really not the medieval world that I know and that I study. In other words, if this vision of a medieval society in which women can rule doesn't sound like what you've seen in the movies, you can probably thank the patriarchy. One other lesson, Amory? If you murder someone's partner and then they invite you to a banquet, send them a polite no thank you. Yeah.
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