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?
-
Show this thread
-
Replying to @AdmiralHip
100% behind this thread from my experience of early modern Twitter.
2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @tomaashby @AdmiralHip
Certain monarchs have bizarre cult followings - & not just the usual suspects, i.e. the openly monarchist band of aristocrats, reactionaries, & confused romantics, among others, all over Charles Stuart ‘the Martyr’.
4 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @tomaashby @AdmiralHip
But also other Stuarts & Tudors, esp Elizabeth (not to mention other states). There are lots of ppl, & I’m not subtweeting anyone here, who are ideologically not monarchist & yet seem, despite their obv expertise, fan &/or stan, perhaps naively, in awkward, silly, & inappro ways.
2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @tomaashby @AdmiralHip
But this links to what you say about modern monarchism, especially the sort that isn’t too zealous but latent, as seen in UK. Which makes you wonder how ideologically self-aware some of these fans &/or stans are.
2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.