Comments by "" (@janetprice85) on "Chronicle - Medieval History Documentaries" channel.

  1. The mother of the next Sultan wielded great power and it could be very dangerous if you had a rival claim through another son.
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  2. Closer to nature. Tried and true remedies like old timey country people. Not plagued with crazy ideas like old herbalists women were witches,etc.
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  3. I recall reading about a new sultan coming to power and having the ladies of the old harem bound,and weighted down and dropped in the Bosporus. It was said that for some time afterwards divers could see the ladies and their long hair swaying under the waters.
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  4. This was common to have royal ladies who were wives and also the concubines in the Chinese and Thailand kings's court also. In the west a king would gave an official mistress or mistresses as well as a Queen. These were usually married women so any children could be claimed by the king to be the husbands. This is why the British became so upset when King Edward abdicated to marry Wallace Simpson his married mistress. It wasn't the affair it was the marriage.
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  5.  @Laurelandiron2  I recall reading in a history book that the army of young men from eastern Europe highly trained as soldiers for the Sultan but paid a high price but lived well.
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