This is the day that I officially abdicate from my throne and pass the kingship on to my successor. |
Following the division of the Carolingian Empire in 843, the Ottonian rulers united their German kingship with the imperial crown. |
But the memories of kingship could not die, and so gave birth to messianic hope. |
The principle of divine kingship was maintained even when the king was replaced by rulers drawn from outside the family of the enthroned king. |
Each army is led by a powerful Greek chieftain who aides him in regaining the kingship. |
Macbeth cannot contemplate kingship for himself without imagining turning his sword against the king. |