Coronation
The coronation was a ceremony in many Western European monarchies in the Middle Ages. The monarch was crowned again in a church by a high spiritual dignitary . So crowned he then moved to another church to attend a solemn service there.
These coronations were preferably held on high church holidays, such as Easter or Christmas , but also on important secular dates, such as imperial or court days.
Furthermore, by publicly wearing parts of the imperial insignia, the ruler's claim to power was again made clear to the people.
literature
- Carlrichard Brühl : Crown and royal custom in the early and high Middle Ages. In: Historische Zeitschrift 234, 1982, pp. 1–31
- Hans-Walter Klewitz: The coronations of the German kings . Special edition MCMLXVI, Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft (= unchanged reprographic reprint from: Journal of the Savigny Foundation for Legal History . LIX. Canonical Department XXVIII (1939), pp. 48–96)