The real women behind Europe's greatest legends
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🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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| 1:18.0 | about some of the women who have been elevated to such pedestals and how these legends |
| 1:22.6 | are created, recreated and repurposed for national mythologies. |
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