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How stolen saintly bones helped kings claim power
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Parading around a corpse was standard political strategy for early medieval monarchs. Merovingian kings desperately needed divine legitimacy, so they orchestrated lavish translation rituals, exhuming and moving the bones of famous saints. Possessing these holy relics practically guaranteed that the peasantry would view a bloodthirsty warlord as God's chosen ruler.
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