I've Just Found Another Reason Why, You Know, Mathias Corvine Was Illegitimate

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I've just found another reason why, you know, mathias corvinus, the raven king, king of hungary, or some person that i'd never heard of. The most recent biography in english of the medici popes, leo the tenth and clement the seventh, is eighteenninety four ish. And my favorite line from its bit on leo is the legitimate a pe sessor was. If heu hadn't been illegitimate, everything was fine. That's amazing. Ar aamazing argument about contingency, which, along with legitimacy, is one of the, one of the things i like to think about.

David Perry is a freelance journalist covering politics, history, education, and disability rights. He was a professor of Medieval History at Dominican University from 2006-2017, and now works as an academic advisor in the history department of the University of Minnesota. His scholarly work focuses on Venice, the Crusades, and the Mediterranean World. Numerous topics covered include: Reasons to study history; how historical figures and institutions claimed legitimacy; calling an Age "Dark" or "Golden" in order to get legitimacy; patronage of the arts to prop up legitimacy; fake innovation and fake continuity; bastardy; parrots and coconuts in medieval Europe; and more! David Perry website David Perry Patreon "The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe" by Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry