Dr Elena Janega
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 13 Apr
Dr Elena Janega’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The king will take your hands in his and say, oh yeah, you're my vassal, great job.
What that means is that you have to kick some taxes up to the king, and if the king decides that he is going to go to war with someone, then you owe a certain number of troops.
The king doesn't oversee the courts in your land.
He doesn't get to necessarily push you around that much.
Individual nobles are incredibly powerful.
And this is something that will come up in a lot of places, including England, right?
Like under Eleanor's garbage son, John, when he tries to like push the envelope too far here in England and you get Magna Carta.
Everybody understands that nobles across Europe have rather a lot of power in their own localities.
You know, you kind of feel sorry for him, because you're like, damn, that must suck.
Yeah, but they've got a couple of nice palaces up there, and yeah, they do get to kind of dangle the I'm the king over you, but that's essentially what they've got.
You are down in Poitiers, you're hearing the best music that Europe has to offer, and you are living the life, fundamentally.
That's real nice.
You just wouldn't even have the ability to do that.
You need to get the Duke on side.
Exactly.
So, you know, when Eleanor's father dies, she becomes the hottest ticket in Europe.
And basically the king locks that down immediately.
He's like, oh, that's great.
You're going to marry my son, Louis.
They're all named Louis.
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