Coronation meal
The coronation meal is the celebratory meal which, after the coronation of the Roman-German kings and emperors and the establishment of the throne, formed the third part of the coronation ceremony.
When the coronations were still taking place in Aachen, after the coronation they went to the King's Hall of the old Carolingian Palatinate, later to the ballroom of the Aachen City Hall , now known as the “Coronation Hall” , which was built on its ruins.
From 1562 the coronation feasts took place in the imperial hall of the Frankfurt Roman .
Origin and history
The feast that followed the coronation of Otto I in 936 is said to have established the tradition of the coronation feast, about which Widukind von Corvey also reported. After the coronation, they went to the Palatinate and sat down at a splendid marble table. This report is at the same time the evidence for the exercise of the ore offices . The chamberlain, the Duke of Lorraine Giselbert , had the overall supervision , since Aachen was in his sphere of influence.
procedure
In 1356, Charles IV issued the Golden Bull to clear up any ambiguity in the choice of the Roman-German king. Numerous provisions for the ceremonial of the coronation meal and other feasts were also formulated. The princes, in the late Middle Ages the electors, played an important role in a coronation meal. They stood next to the king in the center of that meal. The meal was extremely hierarchical: the electors sat at their own tables, but lower compared to the king; Princes dined with three, counts and gentlemen with five. The table arrangement was considered a "highly political matter".
The ox played a special role at the coronation meal: it was filled and roasted on the market square of the coronation city. Through this and by pouring red and white wine, the new king secured the support of the little man.
The last coronation meal in this tradition took place at the imperial coronation of Francis II in 1792.
literature
- Mario Kramp (Ed.): Coronations. Kings in Aachen - history and myth. Exhibition catalog. Volume 2, Zabern, Mainz 2000, ISBN 3-8053-2617-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Schubert, Ernst. Eating and drinking in the Middle Ages. Darmstadt, 2006 (2), p. 265.
- ^ Schubert, Ernst: Eating and drinking in the Middle Ages . Darmstadt 2006², p. 266.
- ^ Schubert, Ernst: Eating and drinking in the Middle Ages . Darmstadt 2006², p. 265ff.
- ↑ See Schubert, Ernst: Eating and drinking in the Middle Ages . Darmstadt 2006², p. 267.