Rhaenyra is not a feminist... and it doesn't matter

"Rhaenyra is not a feminist!" is one of the most-commonly heard rebuttals to the position that Rhaenyra shouldn't have been usurped... as if misogynistic violence is permissable against women who are not feminists.

Or, why it does not matter what kind of beliefs Rhaenyra had.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00-01:50 Introduction
01:51-03:51 Monarchy and Women’s Inheritance: Parallells between the A Song of Ice and Fire series and High Medieval to Early Renaissance England
✨03:52-07:09 The House of Normandy
✨07:10-18:25 The Anarchy
✨18:26-34:27 The mid-Tudor succession crisis(es)
34:28-40:58 Ripple effects
40:59-54:13 Why these expectations?
54:14-57:25 Conclusion

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SOURCES
Yes, they really found his body on a parking lot: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/hi...
George on the laws of inheritance of Westeros: https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/...
Catherine Hanley. Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior
Tracy Borman. Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History
Tracy Borman. The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain’s Greatest Dynasty
Natalie Grueninger. The Final Year of Anne Boleyn
Marjorie Chibnall. The Empress Matilda: Queen Consort, Queen Mother and Lady of the English

CREDITS
Music: Apoxode - Watching the Rain
Art
Thumbnail: Magali Villeneuve, Arthur Bozzonet
Magali Villeneuve, Jota Saraiva, Doug Wheatley, Donato Giancola, Marc Simonetti, Kieran Yanner,

KEYWORDS
asoiaf, a song of ice and fire, got, game of thrones, fire and blood, rhaenyra targaryen, alicent hightower, english history, empress matilda, stephen of blois, the anarchy, the tudors, anne boleyn, mary i tudor, elizabeth i tudor, henry viii tudor, hotd, house of the dragon, feminism, video essay, asoiaf theory, phoenix ashes, george rr martin