The Foundations of Conditional Kingship
Emily A. Winkler
In Old Testament narratives, invasion and conquest were the catalysts of institution kingship. Chapter 2 explores relevant biblical models for medieval kingship, both conditional unconditional. It also considers paradoxes writers’ decisions about how to distribute responsibility justice in classical sources, which lacked a providential framework explanation human actions obligations. Together, these ancient royal responsibility, causal moral, illuminate approaches problem explaining contingency with later writers familiar. The chapter identifies several key Carolingian precedents guiding evaluating kings show where Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Norman thought kingship diverged from continental models.
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