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Game of Thrones and Late Medieval Politics

Tides of History

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The Pros and Cons of Being a Bishop

Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy had between 10 and 30 illegitimate children. A bunch of them became bishops. Being a bastard sounds like it gets a bad rap in both thrones and history, but then you find out that like, no, they get to be bishops,. They get to rule Winterfell, apparently.

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