
Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior
Gone Medieval
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The Rise and Fall of Henry VIII
After her non-coronation. makes the decision to stop claiming the throne in her own name and start claiming it in the name of her eldest son. I wonder whether you think that change as a weakness admitting defeat giving up that kind of thing but is it really just an astute acceptance of political reality? She's reflected on her position she had her enemy in custody custody she'd been acclaimed queen if she can't get the crown put on her head then it's never going to happen now. If she had really been this kind of haughty varago people were going on about she might have just kept on stubbornly until there was nothing left of England, he says.
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