### q4 many kings took concubines instead of marrying > At a fundamental level, what would now be identified as queenship was, in tenth-century England, predicated on marriage to the king. As a result, the distinction between a king’s wife and a king’s concubine was politically charged. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fj78k9ay68954hnrdejk4510) - [[From Æthelflæd to Ælfthryth The Idea of Queenship in Tenth-Century England by Matthew Firth#q4 many kings took concubines instead of marrying|View in Vault]] - [n] This feels pretty similar to the Ottomans. I should #articleseed the difference between wives and concubines in different cultures.