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In his Last Will and Testament Emperor Charlemagne states that the kings of the Franks shall be elected by the people. How did this work in practice? Was it upheld by the later kings of the Franks? How does this compare to the Magna Carta?

by /u/nihilisticdaydreams in /r/AskHistorians

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