#GameOfThonesFinale celebrated replacing clear rule, eldest son inherits throne, with vaguer one: consensus of a council of big families. Not at all clear who picked those people to represent those families, nor how in the future will choose which families & representatives.
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eventually! but not until what the fifteenth century? and even the possibility of losing an election may have kept them in check for some of that (??)
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I'll bet they specified lots more details about this election process than we saw on this GoT episode.
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Would you describe the Kalmar Union or Plantagenet reign as having more orderly transfers of power? Honest, if somewhat loaded, question?
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The Reformation is really the great proof of stability. Subsequent wars in Germany of comparable severity completely destroyed the government. The fact that the Empire survived the 30 Years War is actually really impressive.
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