A large part of the game's appeal is the tendency for wild scenarios to emerge, and being able to. Following Crusader Kings 3's launch, interest in a custom ruler mode was high, with players wanting to craft their own legacies outside of the default options found in the game. In the course of his argument, Kaufmann affirmed his belief that the first part of Hoyoux's thesis was equally weak, relying, as it does, on a false progression from the contention that others besides the kings had long hair to the conclusion that the kings in no way differed from their subjects in this particular (4). RELATED: Crusader Kings 3's Ruler Designer is Just What It Needs. Schramm in his monumental work on Herrschaftszeichen (2), but has, I think, been convincingly refuted by E. The second part of Hoyoux's thesis has found some adherents, notably P. In an important and arresting article (1) he tried to show first, that all free Franks, except perhaps the lowest class, wore their hair long and that consequently the kings were not distinguished from their subjects by the length of their hair, and second, that when kings were deposed, they were not tonsured or otherwise shorn, but actually scalped - a bloodthirsty punishment then, as Hoyoux proves from numerous texts, in common use. Hoyoux challenged the old belief that the Merovingian kings were distinguished from their subjects by their long hair, to which was attached some magical or at least ceremonial significance. HOW DID THE MEROVINGIAN KINGS WEAR THEIR HAIR ?
