Inauguration and Liturgical Kingship in the Long Twelfth Century: Male and Female Accession Rituals in England, France and the Empire

by Johanna Dale

Book Overview

Offers a revisionist angle to the question of sacral kingship, showing the continued importance of liturgical ceremonial in the twelfth century and onward.

The long twelfth century heralded a fundamental transformation of monarchical power, which became increasingly law-based and institutionalised. Traditionally this modernisation of kingship, in conjunction with the ecclesiastical reform movement, has been seen as sounding the death knell...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903153980
• ISBN13: 9781903153987
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: York Medieval Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"