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Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior

Gone Medieval

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The Importance of Being Independent

Matilda was forced into this marriage and I think what this probably instilled in her was again it's very difficult you know we can't really second guess how people felt that long ago. The emperor henry as far as we can tell was actually nice to Matilda he didn't mistreat her at all He did see her very much as a consort a help me to companion somebody he relied on.

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