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Introducing Medieval Beginnings

The LRB Podcast

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What Makes for a Good King?

The poem asks what makes for a good king. Chilch's descendants are not the same kinds of kings they are, he says. He founds a line and eventually one of his descendants is Rothgar who builds a great hall,. The hall is a symbol of human order, it's a place of peace, a place where diplomacy is done."

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