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badwolfdad t1_jaml2wy wrote

Reply to comment by MeatballDom in The difficulties of translating gender in ancient texts by MeatballDom

Elizabeth the First refers to herself as Prince. My guess is we understand less of language before us than we realize and modern gender issues are clouding our ability to understand it as intended. What’s important is the author’s opinion not ours.

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Shkval25 t1_jao4ypt wrote

Interesting. Do you have an example of context? "Prince" was frequently used as a generic term for a ruler.

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