Book contents
- Medieval Self-Coronations
- Medieval Self-Coronations
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Self-Coronation As Ritual
- Part I Heritage
- 2 Consecration without Mediation in Antiquity
- 3 The Hand of God
- 4 Symbolic Self-Coronations in Byzantium
- 5 The Sacralisation of Carolingian Accessions
- 6 Anglo-Saxon and Ottonian Christocentrism
- Part II Infamy
- Part III Convention
- Index
6 - Anglo-Saxon and Ottonian Christocentrism
from Part I - Heritage
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 May 2020
- Medieval Self-Coronations
- Medieval Self-Coronations
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Self-Coronation As Ritual
- Part I Heritage
- 2 Consecration without Mediation in Antiquity
- 3 The Hand of God
- 4 Symbolic Self-Coronations in Byzantium
- 5 The Sacralisation of Carolingian Accessions
- 6 Anglo-Saxon and Ottonian Christocentrism
- Part II Infamy
- Part III Convention
- Index
Summary
The liturgification and sacralisation of royal investitures during the Carolingian period, analysed in the previous chapter, had ritual-ceremonial and symbolic-iconographic effects. This sixth chapter explores the liturgical transformations experienced in England and Germany during the Anglo-Saxon and Ottonian periods. From the mid-tenth century, the practice of imperial and royal coronations was enriched with new conceptions of kingship, notably the assumption of the Christus Rex model. Iconographic messages were consistent with liturgical meanings in Anglo-Saxon and Ottonian theory of Christocentric kingship. These new ideas and practices then spread following a specific liturgical and iconographic programme, leaving generous evidence: royal diplomas, theological and liturgical commentaries, ceremonial investiture ordos and miniatures. This chapter also focuses on the durable interchange and transference between Anglo-Saxon and Ottonian iconographical models and the liturgical meanings they developed.
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- Medieval Self-CoronationsThe History and Symbolism of a Ritual, pp. 147 - 172Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020