Paper on Mkhargrdzeli/Zakarian Kingship claims

[Jubal]

A paper in which I argue that "I am the king" doesn't mean as a statement all the things people sometimes assume: that in the medieval Caucasus, "kingship" did not necessarily mean rejecting the idea of also being a king's vassal, and therefore did not mean chasing some idea of "independence" outside a system when being within a royal system could provide significant access to prestige and regional networks.

Thoughts welcome if anyone has any

Link:
https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1484/J.MEMAS.5.142267