Posted by William F on 4/11/2011, 1:18:50, in reply to "Re: a what if question on succession "
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I tend to agree. The French monarchy seem to have had the strongest adherence to the Salic tradition.
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: For some reason I really doubt the French
: succession would have changed from salic to
: anything else. It would have disrupted the
: (what would be now) over 1000 years of
: agnatic continuity.
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: If say the french and German monarchies were
: extant would they also be changing to a
: gender neutral succession given their long
: tradition of salic and semi salic
: successions?
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: From which point?
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: With Britain now going the way of where
: succession will go to the eldest child
: regardless of gender it makes me wonder what
: would have happened to thrones in places
: such as Germany and France where Salic or
: semi-salic law had been a strong tradition.
: Do you think we would have seen such
: resistance to change?
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: I know these "what if" questions
: are almost impossible to answer but I enjoy
: speculating about them.
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