Top 10 Influencers of the 1390s
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#10 Johannes Gutenberg
So the dude pretty much invented the printed internet (hard copy books)
Imagine going from a max of 40 posts a day to 3,600 (posts = printed "paper" pages)
& operating a press is why they call the press the press #INFLUENCER
Fathers a new medium of expression and communication (not literally)
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#09 Mary, Queen of Hungary
Royal Honcho of Hungary & Croatia for 13 years with a 1 year gardening leave break
no living bros so she got a bunch of phancee noblemen dudes to accept the idea of a female monarch #INFLUENCER
She got double crossed (like Niko in GTA4) and carjacked across State lines by John Horvat with her mom Queen Elizabeth (not that one) to Croatia
#SickJohn's henchmen strangled Queen Elizabeth with Mary right there #Brutal
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#08 James of Jülich
Dutch Franciscan friar who got boiled alive for acting up
claimed (falsely) to be a bishop & tricked his way into ordaining a bunch of priests (Borat would say naughty naughty)
The dude pretty much invented imposter syndrome, way before Countess Anna Delvey #INFLUENCER
Got the last laugh on the Commission of Seven Bishops (CSB) - he got his boiling sentence switched to a simple steakburn (burnt at the stake) (full sic mate)
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#07 Geoffrey Chaucer
English poet, writer and civil servant who wrote The Canterbury Tales: essentially created the lad magazine with tales of drunkenness, fart jokes and arse-kissing
He's pretty much the reason Discord is mostly in English - first to legitimize the literary use of Middle English
contemporary Thomas Hoccleve hailed him as "the firste fyndere of our fair langage" (ie the first one capable of finding poetic matter in English)
Fun Fact: Edward III granted Chaucer "a gallon of wine daily for the rest of his life" for some unspecified task #INFLUENCER
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#06 Timur
Turco-Mongol conqueror dude who founded the Timurid Empire in/around various Stans (not the Eminem one)
Heavily upvoted on Reddit as one of the greatest military leaders and tacticians in history
Got around Islamic law by creating a myth and image of himself as a "supernatural personal power" ordained by God #INFLUENCER
Fun Fact: When he invaded Baghdad in June 1401 he ordered that every soldier should bring him at least two severed human heads (people now forget how important the human touch is)
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#05 Zhu Yunwen: The Jian Emperor
2nd emperor of the Ming Dynasty (it's not just a sad restaurant in Milton Keynes)
Like a lotta young dudes, "was deeply concerned about the harshness of his grandfather's policies, and as a result, he aimed to bring about significant changes in the political landscape" #INFLUENCER
Even more excitingly, he strengthened the influence of Hanlin scholars in educating princes by creating new positions in the Household Administration of the Heir Apparent.
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#04 John/Eleanor Rykener
Hooker who got arrested in December 1394 for swiping right with a John Britby whilst wearing ladies clothes
In the exact opposite of modern times, 1390s London considered it socially unacceptable for a man to habitually wear women's clothes (once in a while is just fine and Dandy) #INFLUENCER
Mayor-dude got to demonstrate his commitment to strong law and order in the city by bringing Rykener to trial
And now we have the only legal process document from late medieval England which deals with same-sex intercourse
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#03 Dick Whittington
The Dude who inspired the English folk tale Dick Whittington and His Cat
& just like Bill Gates he financed a ton of public projects, the usual stuff for poor people but most importantly a public toilet seating (64 ladeez + 64 dudes) that got 'cleansed' by the River Thames at high tide
The generous Dude's gifts got him a 1600s play in The History of Richard Whittington, of his lowe byrth, his great fortune (pretty much my Origin Story)
And then those 1800s folks made a pantomime called Dick Whittington and His Cat #INFLUENCER
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#02 Gregory of Tatev
Armenian (near Atlanta Georgia) philosopher in their Apostolic Church
Like now, he was very active in being Anti-Inter-Faith #INFLUENCER
Unlike now, his arguments were grounded in scripture, patristic tradition, and logic (according to Wiki)
Way ahead of his time marketing wise - created condensed versions of his already basic theological outline
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#01 Bayezid I
Sultan (not a solo fruit) of the Ottoman Empire for the WHOLE of the 1390s
Fought epic battles against some dudes called the Karamanids & got nickname "Thunderbolt" before Marvel copyrighted it #INFLUENCER
Worked out a way to get Fatwas (legal rulings) to justify war against fellow Muslim states
Timur (#5) got him and made him watch as his "beloved" wife Olivera served him a bit of #TheonGreyjoy