Przegląd Zachodniopomorski


ISSN: 0552-4245    eISSN: 2353-3021    OAI    DOI: 10.18276/pz.2016.1-09
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Znaczenie koronacji królewskiej w późnośredniowiecznej Francji
(The Significance of the Royal Coronation in the Late Medieval France)

Authors: Anna Michałek-Simińska
Szczecin
Keywords: coronation France the late Middle Ages
Whole issue publication date:2016
Page range:30 (169-198)
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Abstract

In the late-Medieval French Monarchy the royal coronation played a significant role inthe process of appointing a new king. In its visual sphere a certain reinforcement of theceremonial character may be noted, which was result of a need for a strong manifestationof the continuity of the royal power, indispensable in the times of the dynastic crisiscaused by the death of the king. The symbols of the dynastic power became stronger.In the ideology of the royal power it was important where the coronation took place.In the case of France it was Reims. The coronation was organised according to a strictpattern. The coronation ceremony was a manifestation of the fact that the dynasty hadbeen put on a pedestal and had acquired some new rights. In the period in question therole of the blood right became more important, and the royal son was the rightful heirto the throne. But to legitimise the power to the fullest he needed the royal anointment,which in the symbolic sphere created a sense of continuity.
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