The Royal Historian was not traditionally a powerful position in the court, and was usually just filled by the Royal Tutor.
But with the education levels of the peasants beginning to rise, suddenly the King needed more than just his word to convince them. And so it became important to be able to refer to the past and explain why war must be fought, or what to do in drought.
This system worked well for a few generations, but then it became clear that removing the position and instead installing a Royal Speaker Of Tongues allowed for faster position shifting.
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