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minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·1 年前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.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 年前 whose skin showed through the blue color of the veins Would this not be the other way around? Blue veins show through the skin?
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 年前Yeah, I wrote that poorly.
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.
Would this not be the other way around? Blue veins show through the skin?
Yeah, I wrote that poorly.
Blue-blooded means inbread.