Toulouse-Lautrec Ep 1: But, First... A Tale of French Lineage in Three Acts
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The Legend of Piss Pons
The future king of Toulouse nicknamed him Piss Pons, and that's what he was called for the rest of his life. Aristocratic etiquette dictated that if you fell from your horse, your punishment was to stand there in front of the entire hunting party and pee your own pants so they could laugh at you. In Caravaggio Episode 1, we learned about the East-West schism of 1054 when the Eastern Orthodox Church split from Roman Catholicism.
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