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*PREVIEW* Britainology 39: The Royals feat. Dr Eleanor Janega

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Comedy

4.7 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

This month we've spoken with friend of the show and knower of medieval history Dr Eleanor Janega (@GoingMedieval) on the topic of the British monarchy. Not just the current state of affairs (although we do get into that), but also the unbroken lineage all the way back to 1066. Why is it that we've simply put up with it for so long? Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/68167460 *WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here:  https://www.tomallen.media/ Trashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and Alice (@AliceAvizandum)

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0:00.0

Puritans, right?

0:01.7

Sure.

0:02.5

And then it's like...

0:03.2

They founded another country, which you may be aware of.

0:05.5

God, yeah.

0:06.1

It's like, which I always say is the root of all of our problems in America.

0:09.0

It's just like the whole Puritan thing.

0:11.5

But...

0:11.5

Guys with fucked up hats shouldn't be allowed to start a country.

0:14.2

Oh, man, if you got a hat that fucked to, like, get over there. And I don't know.

0:21.1

What you'd buckle on a hat for?

0:22.3

What's it doing?

0:23.9

It's like, we didn't have enough of the kind of, and I don't like to praise the

0:29.4

enlightenment because it gives me a headache, and that's why I had to make booty shorts,

0:32.9

you know, that say there's the Dark Ages refers to a lack of sources, is specifically

0:37.2

because of the

0:37.6

Enlightenment.

0:38.1

But what it did do is by the time the modern revolutions, like the French revolutions

0:42.0

and stuff coming around, they're like, yeah, let's get rid of the monarchy because

0:45.1

what the fuck are they doing for the common man and common people should have these good

0:48.8

things.

0:49.3

Whereas here we got the like whack-ass early modern revolution which is like I feel like you shouldn't dance

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