As someone who studies kingship and the idea of rulers to my fellow scholars who also study this stuff: why this incessant and persistent twee woobification of kings and queens?
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I generally do not agree with stanning anyone. Even historical figures I admire. Everyone is complicated and has said or done some shit and putting people on a pedestal removes all nuance and tbh complicates a lot of how we as historians engage with the public on the past.
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I meant in pop culture! That their stories are easily accessible, I think, is in part why they become “celebrities” despite problems with monarchy. People like stories, and people guide their lives around stories. Whereas Clerk X doesn’t have a story, unless you read charters.
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But they are celebrities! That’s exactly why people stan them. Same reason people stan modern celebrities: because we’re being sold a fantasy designed to entice us, not a real person.
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Have you considered not doing that though? And why stanning someone is actually...bad?
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I mean, modern celebrities are also generally not a great idea, discussions about them tend not to be nuanced it’s just much of a muchness I think
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Plus the amount of work you have to do to get a good idea of *anybody* is difficult, so I can see why it makes sense to gather details about people from the past who left behind lots of records etc.
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