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Published: 23 November 2017
...This chapter challenges enduring assumptions about the insignificance of Anne’s coronation. Contrary to those assumptions, Anne’s coronation was a carefully orchestrated propaganda display. Drawing on hitherto overlooked or unknown archival sources, this chapter suggests that Anne’s coronation...
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Published online: 22 July 2021
Published in print: 09 July 2021
... in the Gedächtniskirche, Berlin. Detail. Photo © Ekkehard Henschke 1. François Gérard, Napoleon I in his coronation robes. Oil on canvas. Château de Versailles, France/Bridgeman Images 5 2. Crown Prince Rudolf dressed as his ancestor Rudolf I in 1879. Photograph. Wikimedia Commons 10 3. Edward VII and Queen Alexandra...
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Published: 05 February 2018
... to create and confirm alliances, and as pledges against loans. Royal power was bestowed at coronations, for which appropriate regalia were needed. Heraldry and coats of arms became increasingly important for those high in the social structure or aspiring to it. Those of lower status might own things made...
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Published online: 24 January 2019
Published in print: 06 December 2018
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Published: 20 July 2017
... or produced. Suitors to the courts stayed in London and contributed to its wealth. London, the largest city in England, was a model for other cities. Coronations and royal events passed through London to Westminster, and the city staged lavish welcoming ceremonies. charters crown governance officialdom...
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Published: 06 December 2018
...This chapter challenges enduring assumptions about the insignificance of the coronation of Queen Anne in 1702: the last Stuart coronation. Contrary to those assumptions, Anne’s coronation was a carefully orchestrated propaganda display. Drawing on hitherto overlooked or unknown archival sources...
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Published: 06 December 2018
...The Scottish coronations of Stuart monarchs were highly politically significant—and controversial—occasions. When, in 1633, Charles I finally visited Scotland to be crowned, the manner of the coronation and of the king’s conduct bred anxiety and resentment among the Scots. His son would be crowned...
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Published: 09 July 2021
..., formerly Franz II, Holy Roman Emperor, quietly asserted his ancient lineage and reminded his people of his dynastic claim to imperial glory. This chapter analyses Napoleon I’s coronations as emperor of the French and as king of Italy and Franz I’s creation of Franzensburg, a dynastic monument open...
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Published: 30 November 2020
... community in Cavan and further afield and symbolically maintained displays of his loyalism attending both the 1937 and 1953 coronations in London. Cavan coronations Farnham 9th baron Arthur Kenlis Maxwell Home rule southern Irish loyalists unionists after independence Donegal Loyal Orange Institution...
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Published: 01 August 2016
...The coronations of King George VI in 1937 and Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 illustrate the continuing but changing significance of the monarchy for the British Empire; George VI was proclaimed Emperor of India, and though Britain no longer ruled the Raj by the time of his daughter’s coronation, she...
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Published: 20 August 2020
... Stephen V Pope public space papal control pilgrimage veneration St Peter ceremonies coronations riots elections patron saint In Chapter 4 I attempted to pinpoint and describe the places of power in a static way, looking at such elements as palaces, churches, and monasteries, as well as other...
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Published: 06 June 2024
...Shortly before James’s coronation two plots were uncovered. The Bye Plot was the brainchild of a Catholic secular priest, William Watson, and a layman, Sir Griffin Markham, who were seeking, at the very least, toleration for Catholics. The Main Plot was supposedly a conspiracy involving Henry Lord...
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Published: 11 November 2004
..., enacted through civic rituals; princely, papal, and episcopal entries; and official rites of passage such as elections and coronations. Renaissance recently assessment episcopal coronations This content is only available as a PDF. ...