as Merovingian Gaul, where hereditary succession and the divine right of the reigning dynasty was recognised. In Anglo-Saxon Britain, the principle survived until the Norman Conquest removed it. Anglo-Saxon kings were elected by the witena gemót. Finally, the principle survived in some form or other for centuries after the demise of the last Germanic monarchies. The civil wars of medieval Scandinavia and the electorate of the Holy Roman Empire are part of its legacy. See also Germanic law Kingship in early Irish law Merovingians Agilolfings Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies (list) Kings of Burgundy Ynglings (legendary kings of Sweden) Wuffingas Wulfings Hundings Æsir Notes Sources Joseph H. Lynch, Christianizing Kinship: Ritual Sponsorship in Anglo-Saxon England, Cornell University Press (1998), . Painter, Sidney. A History of the Middle Ages 284−1500. New York, 1953. Kingship European royalty