Modifying Ancestral Memories in Post-Carolingian West Francia and Post-Tang Wuyue China
Quan Gan
This study compares the way in which memories of two royal ancestors were modified process dynastic construction: The first is Robert I (d. 923), eleventh-century Capetian France; second Qian Liu 932), tenth- century Wuyue 吳越, an independent kingdom region modern Zhejiang Province, China. A framework premodern globalism situates examples, and political cultures they represent, a transcultural transdisciplinary discourse “royal dynasty.” Both cultures, though far removed their respective spheres, shared assumption that ancestry institutional rank primary sources authority. dual-source vision would ultimately prove, both cases, more stable than kings or dynasties themselves. Precisely because it was so enduring, reformulated records ancestral deeds identities to accord with this discourse, aiming give nascent polities historical depth legitimacy. Juxtaposing further brings light how certain aspects may have affected autonomy memory-producing institutions, lineage-consciousness elite class.
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