tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785735485564651497.post8578123751655393901..comments2018-02-01T21:03:10.484-08:00Comments on Eclectic Potted Histories : A Duchess of Burgundy VIHelen Lashbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14806155400041511316noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2785735485564651497.post-28189654706181166122017-04-04T02:11:19.137-07:002017-04-04T02:11:19.137-07:00there aren't many people who can make me turn ...there aren't many people who can make me turn to a dictionary, echevins was a new one for me. <br />Dynastic marriage is a recipe for personal disaster; maybe some of these despots would have been less martial if they had married for love and stayed at home happily rogering their wives and enjoying their children. Interesting that marriage to first cousins was illegal then without a dispensation, consanguinity laws for a good reason, I suppose, as royal intermarriages got more and more incestuous to seal deals.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.com