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minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·7 months agoI was taught it was because nobility were the only pale Spaniards in the middle ages, so they were the only people whose skin showed through the blue color of the veins. So they claimed their blue blood showed their divine right to royalty.
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minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoYeah, I wrote that poorly.
minus-squareOmega_Haxors@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoBlue-blooded means inbread.
I was taught it was because nobility were the only pale Spaniards in the middle ages, so they were the only people whose skin showed through the blue color of the veins. So they claimed their blue blood showed their divine right to royalty.
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Yeah, I wrote that poorly.
Blue-blooded means inbread.