Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20150801001020/@comment-26397825-20150804034906

Because they were so high all their ideas sounded great and they really didn't give a crap. Not everybody drank alcohol with cloves in it, as mead was more a viking thing (which explains so much about them), but they were still all drunk enough to follow along with whatever bright ideas the people in charge had. (Also, It's Elizabeth. Isabella is a Spanish name, and a few of their queens were named such.)