{"id":65410,"date":"2021-05-01T04:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T08:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=65410"},"modified":"2021-04-30T11:44:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T15:44:04","slug":"rulers-who-were-actually-good-history-hijinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/05\/01\/rulers-who-were-actually-good-history-hijinks\/","title":{"rendered":"Rulers Who Were Actually Good \u2014 History Hijinks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DJ3-c-sg1uQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Overly Sarcastic Productions<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 30 Apr 2021<\/p>\n<p>History is full of Rulers, but most of them (especially some famous ones) can be Kind Of Terrible upon closer inspection. So let&#8217;s take a look at two kings we can actually consider to be Good \u2014 not perfect, not blameless, but a heck of a lot more virtuous than the average ruler, that&#8217;s for sure.<\/p>\n<p>This topic was requested by our patron Duncan! Thank you for your patronage, and for the topic suggestion.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCES &#038; Further Reading: The Great Courses Plus lectures &#8220;Being Persian&#8221; by Robert Garland, &#8220;The Persian Era&#8221; by Jean-Pierre Isbouts, &#8220;Saladin: Chivalry and Conquest &#8211; 1187&#8221; by Eamonn Gearon, and &#8220;Saladin and the Defeat of the Crusaders&#8221; by Dorsey Armstrong.<\/p>\n<p>Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up.<\/p>\n<p>TRACKLIST: &#8220;Monkeys Spinning Monkeys,&#8221; &#8220;Pippin the Hunchback&#8221; Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)<br \/>\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHlQRHNJR0x1UFk1Z2dJRzFkSFVSZGpVT0xDZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttMVpvdHdobDlFS1dkeks5WE9xUVJ5RVNmZGhHYlp0aEtGQVN1MU04T21WUHFFQ1NKUEppZlpEeFg1LVBxMWQ0ZlRWQS1yX2tlQTg1dVlWTC1RRnJCZWc3MXVEVzQwZzY3LTdTbXJicENiblM3WEdfWQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby%2F4.0%2F\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/&#8230;<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n<p>PATREON: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Patreon.com\/OSP\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.Patreon.com\/OSP<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n<p>PODCAST: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1UtZl9fd1Q1SENJNkQtblk5NGNiN2RqVFRlUXxBQ3Jtc0tuazVIREFOZk5GcXpScXlINmpTZTN5dWZYMjNrcU8yNTBuWEYxaVJtRFBGX21xNmlGNmwxdHVXcENfbTBoNGo3d0VTUHZpSjNIS1lxZm92Smh4djJ1TVF2WHRPVWxfM0lFWlBNSTE2S3cyVWh5VnZuVQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Foverlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm%2Fsubscribe\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/overlysarcasticpodcast.transi&#8230;\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DISCORD: <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/osp\u200b\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/osp\u200b<\/a><br \/>\nMERCH LINKS: <a href=\"http:\/\/rdbl.co\/osp\u200b\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/rdbl.co\/osp\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OUR WEBSITE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com<\/a><br \/>\nFind us on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/OSPYouTube\u200b\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/OSPYouTube\u200b<\/a><br \/>\nFind us on Reddit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Reddit.com\/r\/OSP\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.Reddit.com\/r\/OSP\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot_2021-05-01-Rulers-Who-Were-Actually-Good-\u2014-History-Hijinks.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot_2021-05-01-Rulers-Who-Were-Actually-Good-\u2014-History-Hijinks-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-65412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot_2021-05-01-Rulers-Who-Were-Actually-Good-\u2014-History-Hijinks-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot_2021-05-01-Rulers-Who-Were-Actually-Good-\u2014-History-Hijinks-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot_2021-05-01-Rulers-Who-Were-Actually-Good-\u2014-History-Hijinks-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot_2021-05-01-Rulers-Who-Were-Actually-Good-\u2014-History-Hijinks.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overly Sarcastic Productions Published 30 Apr 2021 History is full of Rulers, but most of them (especially some famous ones) can be Kind Of Terrible upon closer inspection. 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