DYK the 12thC art of #CourtlyLove was about a knight’s seduction of a lord’s wife by doing difficult tasks for her? It was a lord’s strategy to tame landless men who would stir up trouble unless they had something to do. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #GenderHistory #primogeniture

The 12thC art of #CourtlyLove was about a knight’s seduction of a lord’s wife by doing difficult tasks for her. It was a lord’s strategy to tame landless men who could stir up trouble unless they had something to do. #GenderHistory #primogeniture

DYK some medieval women increased in value because of #primogeniture? Because lords only allowed eldest sons to marry, there was an increased supply of marriageable girls. Firstborn sons had more élite young women from which to choose.

Louis XV & Louis XVI

#LouisXV died #OnThisDay in 1774, succeeded by #LouisXVI — a mediocrity succeeded by a disaster — who proved that the principle of #primogeniture is the worst way to choose someone to rule #France or any other country... #RévolutionFrançaise #histoire
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XVI

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I worry that the #GOP starts thinking in terms of a #CrimeFamily #succession of #Imperial #primogeniture

#DJTjr is probably very malleable to the right people who could make it happen

Louis XV

#LouisXV died #OnThisDay in 1774, succeeded by #LouisXVI — a mediocrity succeeded by a disaster — who proved that the principle of #primogeniture is the worst way to choose someone to rule #France or any other country... #RévolutionFrançaise #histoire

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XVI

Louis XV & Louis XVI

#LouisXV died #OnThisDay in 1774, succeeded by #LouisXVI — a mediocrity succeeded by a disaster — who proved that the principle of #primogeniture is the worst way to choose someone to rule #France or any other country... #RévolutionFrançaise #histoire
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XVI