Christian Raffensperger is the Kenneth E. Wray Chair in the Humanities at Wittenberg University. The focus of his scholarly work has been on connecting eastern Europe with the rest of medieval Europe. This began with his first book, Reimagining Europe: Kievan Rus' in the Medieval World (Harvard UP, 2012) and has continued through numerous other books and articles.

Rulers and Rulership in the Arc of Medieval Europe challenges the dominant paradigm of what rulership is and who rulers are by decentering the narrative and providing a broad swath of examples from throughout medieval Europe.

Introduction / Chapter. 1 - Problems with Titulature / Chapter 2 - Corulership / Chapter 3 - Understanding Succession / Chapter 4 - Rulers and the Church / Chapter 5 - Monastic Legitimation of Rulership / Chapter 6 - Weak Power Polities, Claims Making, and Itinerant Rulership / Conclusion