HIST 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Elizabeth Woodville, Foregone Conclusion, Personal Rule

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Complicated relationships between: the theoretical underpinnings of royal succession and rule. Divine favour (role of prophecy, for instance: the realpolitik of rule. Being in the right place at the right time. Thus the best dynastic candidate sometimes ignored, at the same time as dynasty is celebrated and even fetishized. This focus on dynasty clashes with the reality, it doesn"t really determine who is king. There is a theory that anointing a king, at his coronation, where a bishop anoints you with holy oil. The process gives the process a sacramental significance, since god chooses the dynasty. Divine favour being shown by prophecy, you can figure out god"s will through the signs that he leaves. You can use that if you"re really smart, as a way to get around these other problems. If you want to usurp a dynastic anointed king, you must use prophecy to paint that other king as a false king and you as the real king.

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