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The first task of Hugh Capet’s descendants was to establish their dynasty firmly, to ensure its continuance on the throne, and to win for it a religious prestige and thereby the veneration of the people it had solemnly taken upon itself to govern. Meanwhile they had to organise the practical means of carrying on good government, making use of the prerogatives which the social organisation of mediaeval France put at their disposal.
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© 1960 Robert Fawtier, Lionel Butler, R.J. Adam
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Fawtier, R. (1960). The King of France. In: The Capetian Kings of France. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00584-0_4
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