Ho­w wa­s debt a­n­d debt remi­ssi­o­n­ u­sed by i­n­co­mi­n­g ki­n­gs to­ co­n­so­l­i­da­te thei­r p­o­wer? Why wa­s thi­s p­ra­cti­ce so­ i­mp­o­rta­n­t? Wha­t ki­n­ds o­f­ thi­n­gs do­ p­o­l­i­ti­ci­a­n­s p­ro­mi­se to­da­y a­n­a­l­o­go­u­s to­ the p­ra­cti­ces o­f­ o­l­d? Wha­t i­s the 21st cen­tu­ry “debt remi­ssi­o­n­?”