Coronations
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A brand new guidebook to the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London
A Short Account of Napoleon's Attitude to Religion
Mультимедийная лекция, посвященная 1000-летию памяти Владимира Святого – Крестителя Руси († 1015), в Международном мультимедийном пресс-центре МИА «Россия сегодня» (Президентский зал) 4 Марта 2015 г. (17:00) в рамках нового... more
The origin and function of the Bohemian coronation robe is explained on the basis of extensive archive research. The robe was originally sewn for king Ferdinand IV of Habsburg in 1653 to be used during the coronation festivities in... more
This article examines three sites of elite and royal power in the early second millennium AD in the Thames valley: Kingston upon Thames in Greater London, Westminster in the City of London, and Runnymede in Surrey. Using a backdrop of... more
This article argues that the local appropriation of Christian liturgy in 'Polonia' facilitated the early-medieval state formation of the first Piast realm. ‘Polish’ political identity was shaped by original liturgical phenomena by mostly... more
The Earliest Portrayals of the Flags of Croatia from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Extraordinary Sources for the History of Croatian National Symbols The essay undertakes to enrich significant new research results concerning... more
Artykuł prezentuje stan badań nad papieskimi koronacjami i jest wprowadzeniem do wydania oficjalnych publikacji przygotowanych dla uczestników koronacji Jana XXIII (1958) i Pawła VI (1963) przez Kongregację Ceremoniału (łac. ordo, wł.... more
The paper analyzes the coronations of the queens of Bohemia, putting emphasis on the presence of abbesses of St. George’s Convent of Benedictine nuns in Prague Castle. The aim of this study is to clarify the origins, development and... more
The halo of mystery that surrounds the knight's sword in the Middle Ages corresponds to an ancient mythology echoed in the chansons de geste, Arthurian novels and Scandinavian sagas, as well as in iconography and archaeology. The sword is... more
Throughout her life, both as princess and queen of England, Elizabeth of York (1466-1503) abided by the prescriptive texts of the English royal house. Margaret Beaufort, the mother of Henry VII and Elizabeth’s mother-in-law, wrote... more
Pour accéder à la royauté, Arthur tire miraculeusement l’épée du perron. C’est en accomplissant un geste identique que Galaad découvre sa vocation de quêteur du Graal. Dans les années 1200-1230, le Merlin et la Quête racontent ces deux... more
The Monomachos Crown and the Coronation of King Andrew I of Hungary The Monomachos Crown is one of the most valuable pieces of the collection of the Hungarian National Museum. The diadem, which was found at Nyitraivánka (now Ivanka pri... more
В данной статье на материалах архивных документов и малоизвестных первичных источников анализируется проблема рецепции и интерпретации российскими буддистами смысла российских коронационных торжеств. Торжественная церемония восшествия... more
Инаугурационное миропомазание, благодаря которому особа правителя «производилась» (от греч. προχείρησις - избрание) из сферы мирского в область сакрального, уже в раннее средневековье считалось необходимым условием легитимности... more
Published in "Francia", vol. 36 (2009). This study is about the ceremonies of coronation and investiture of the dukes of Aquitaine at Limoges during the 11th and 12th centuries. This ceremony is compared to other royal and ducal... more
This scholarly but popular book summarizes the most recent research on the Holy Crown of Hungary and the history of Hungarian coronations from the founding of the kingdom (St Stephen, 1000–38) to the end of the monarchy (Charles IV,... more
In: Egy új együttműködés kezdete. Az 1622. évi soproni koronázó országgyűlés. Szerk. Dominkovits Péter és Katona Csaba Sopron-Budapest, 2014. Annales Archivi Soproniensis No. 1. ISBN 978-963-8327-38-3. 259-289.
Refers to the reliquary of the Holy Cross. in the shape of a two-armed patriarchal cross with the Greek inscription, now stored in the treasury of the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. According to the author, King Władysław II Jagiełło... more
The essay examines the network of relations between the estates of the Kingdom of the Hungary and Gábor Bethlen, prince of Transylvania (1613–1629) and elected king of Hungary (1620–1621), between 1619 and 1622. Because these years in the... more
Кафедра истории Средних веков исторического факультета МГУ им. М.В. Ломоносова и Отдел западноевропейского Средневековья и раннего Нового времени ИВИ РАН 7-9 октября 2021 г. проводят международную научную конференцию памяти Нины... more
Ever since David Stuart's decipherment of the hand-holding-celt sign as K’AL in the 1990s, epigraphers have grappled with the semantics of the /k’al/ verb. Coupled with Stuart and Houston's demonstrations that the BAAH ‘gopher’ sign often... more
Polemic with the thesis that recognizes the Romanesque cup from the abbey of the canons of St. Augustine in Trzemeszno (now in the Treasury of the Primate's Basilica in Gniezno) for the chalice used during the coronation of Polish kings