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One of my favourite things in historical fiction is those little moments where the characters' opinions/attitudes are completely bizarre to a modern audience, but in a really small scale/ petty way.

Like, 'Oh my goodness, a twelve year old riding a 15hh horse? That's a massive horse! Way too big for a twelve year old!'

(I am aware that said historical personage was notably short, and was probably a tiny twelve year old, and that back then 15hh would be tall-- as a former twelve year old who rode 15hh horses because all other horses were too small, it is funny.)