Dr Elena Janega
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 13 Apr
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Like up in northern France, they're a little bit more stodgy.
Sure.
They're a little bit more by the book.
So she's born into a place where you also educate women.
So people are really interested in bringing up this court culture and fostering it.
So when she's born, she does have older brothers.
She isn't meant to be the heiress, but they die in that way that children do in the Middle Ages.
And her dad is just kind of like, oh, yeah, OK, great.
Well, I guess it's, you know, you'll be the heir.
And there isn't even that much of a discussion about it.
It's just sort of like, yeah, of course, a woman can inherit.
Yeah, I mean, what we have to understand is that, you know, kingdoms, it's a lot looser in the Middle Ages than it is now.
Yes, there is a king of France.
He essentially rules Paris.
Which, like, do not get me wrong, that is a really nice spot.
It is the biggest city in Europe.
There's a ton of money in that racket.
but you also have particular vassal states underneath you, right?
And so that means that Eleanor's father is a vassal to the French king.
And what happens is basically when you get a new king, you've got to go, you have to kneel before them, go like this.
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