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This episode explores uncommon words for discussions about Power, examining their origins and familiar words from the same root. Words highlighted include recrudescence, lese-majeste, contumacious, de facto, seditious and arrogate.
Hear how the transfer of royal power was not always determined by birth.
Sources:
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/King-Stephen-Anarchy/
https://debretts.com/royal-family/the-royal-succession/
https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199791279/obo-9780199791279-0046.xml
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73906.txt.utf-8
https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2009-07-09/debates/09070996000389/CoronersAndJusticeBill
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/biog207883
https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/john-gaunt-duke-lancaster-who-facts-family-children-legacy/
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This episode explores uncommon words for discussions about Power, examining their origins and familiar words from the same root. Words highlighted include recrudescence, lese-majeste, contumacious, de facto, seditious and arrogate.
Hear how the transfer of royal power was not always determined by birth.
Sources:
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/King-Stephen-Anarchy/
https://debretts.com/royal-family/the-royal-succession/
https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199791279/obo-9780199791279-0046.xml
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73906.txt.utf-8
https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2009-07-09/debates/09070996000389/CoronersAndJusticeBill
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/biog207883
https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/john-gaunt-duke-lancaster-who-facts-family-children-legacy/
Transition sound by https://audionautix.com

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