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1. Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2023 22:10:56 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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   @thatguyoverthere @niclas https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/disability-history/1485-1660/disability-in-the-tudor-court/

   These fascinating glimpses of ‘natural fools’ at the Tudor court show people with learning disabilities playing significant roles in the lives of the Tudor elite.

   Their perceived lack of guile, their directness and their humour were valued as assets and woven into the fabric of court life. Believed to be closer to God and closer to the truth than other people, the ‘natural fools’ occupied a unique and valued position.