New Families and New Kingdoms
Robert Bartlett
This chapter looks at “new men” who created ruling dynasties, beginning with the foundation legends of Piasts Poland and Premyslids Bohemia moving on to Adam Dryburgh ’s portrayal roots major dynasties his own day. Dynasties that came power through usurpation, such as Carolingians Capetians, sought stress or fabricate biological links previous dynasty, just marriage Henry I England queen Edith/Matilda could be seen uniting blood Wessex Norman kings. New often meant exclusion members old two notable examples excluded dynasts, Charles Lorraine Edgar Atheling, are discussed. The most remarkable new were those founded kingdoms, kingdom Sicily.
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