aspiringwarriorlibrarian:dukeofbookingham:lokispriestess:squidsticks:King James I: *builds secret tu
aspiringwarriorlibrarian:dukeofbookingham:lokispriestess:squidsticks:King James I: *builds secret tunnel connecting his room to the room of a man he calls his husband*Historians: it’s very hard to tell what kind of relationship they would have had, let’s not look at this through a 21st century lensJUST GUYS BEING DUDESI think I’m contractually obligated to reblog this“Their words were not atypical of male friendship” sounds awfully like “we have a large amount of evidence of gay men during these times but we filed them all under friendship so we could use them to disprove each other”.Like I don’t care what century you are, you don’t call friends “my husband” or give them a room in your house with secretly connected bedrooms. -- source link
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