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    7 days ago

    not exactly healthy

    I promise it was a lot healthier than starving during the winter

    As for the rest you’re really relying on a generalization that’s based on what is essentially the highest ranked nobles of the later Renaissance period.

    In 1100 AD their marriages were insular, but not hapsburg level. And generally nobles were expected to have some martial prowess or at least look like they did.

    But I think this comes down to the bigger issues of people lumping in the middle ages and the Renaissance, and to be completely fair no one specified either