The End(s) of Intercession: Consolidations and Conclusions
Sean Gilsdorf
It is within this broader context that one must understand the increasingly public nature of intercession from beginning tenth century. In particular, chapter argues process as well its documentation served to address what Kranzle has called fundamental Ottonian kingship, namely between Late Antique and Carolingian theocratic model rulership, in which king stood above apart his magnates, political reality king's imbrication aristocratic networks, friendships, conflicts, was more a primus inter pares. nutshell, resolved contradiction by integrating two poles rulership together. The amici consanguinei were simultaneously essential actors reign, subordinate authority decision-making: they necessary, but not sufficient.Keywords: networks; intercession; consanguinei; amici; Kranzle; Antique; kingship
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