
Becoming an Anglo-Saxon King
Gone Medieval
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The Importance of Consecration in Kingship
Professor sizana ellipscomb is a professor of history at the University of Cambridge. She says kingship raises questions about who gets to be king and how it works in our modern political environment. In her podcast she tries to make sense of everything that baffled early modern ancestors, including why men grow beards during puberty.
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