Hoelun the Stolen Bride

Footnoting History

English - March 10, 2018 19:36 - 12 minutes - 19.6 MB - ★★★★ - 456 ratings
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(Samantha) Some time before 1162, a Mongol girl named Hoelun was kidnapped and taken as a bride. A short time later she gave birth to a future emperor. Although the details of her story are shrouded in mystery, the tales that are told of her reveal a wealth of information about steppe culture and hint at the motivations of her son as he rewrote the very fabric of that society.