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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So there are some good books on early medieval Ireland. A classic is F.J. Byrne's Irish Kings and High Kings. A more recent book I recommend is B Jaski's Early Irish Kingship and Succession. For Britain, less has been written recently on kingship for the early medieval period.
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For Wales, Wendy Davies I believe has written the most. For England, a scholar I go back to often is Janet Nelson, but she looks at inauguration rites. Chaney and Wallace-Hadrill looked at kingship in England but their books are pretty dated now.
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Sounds interesting. My primary aim is to expand my lockdown reading list, and maybe learn something new. I have previously enjoyed reading the likes of Niall Ferguson, Jared Diamond and John Man but would happily tackle something heavier.
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All of those books are pretty dense, but enjoyable.
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