That’s fair. And tbh, she might have been cool with it, but I’m pretty sure lying has always been viewed as bad, so lying to a monarch who is “chosen by god” seems like a big no-no, even if for some reason they managed to not mentally classify it as “bearing false witness against a neighbor”.
That’s fair. And tbh, she might have been cool with it, but I’m pretty sure lying has always been viewed as bad, so lying to a monarch who is “chosen by god” seems like a big no-no, even if for some reason they managed to not mentally classify it as “bearing false witness against a neighbor”.
Yes, I am mostly agreeing with you, I just don’t know how much of it can be translated 1:1 to that environment.
People gave gifts to cherished figures all the time (like saints and the Church).
It seems she lied to the king & nothing bad happened (she later even got a knight hubby with a castle). And one of the brothers got an island.