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This groundbreaking historical study from Cambridge University Press traces the ritual of royal self-coronations from Ancient Persia to the present day, challenging popular misconceptions about their rarity and transgressive nature. Using narrative, iconographical, and liturgical sources, author Jaume Aurell systematically examines royal self-coronations across history and exposes as myth the widespread belief that Napoleon's 1804 self-coronation was the first extraordinary break from tradition. The work draws on numerous documented examples of self-coronations, with particular focus on European kings of the Middle Ages, revealing that such ceremonies were far more conventional and accepted than previously believed. This comprehensive analysis reshapes our understanding of monarchy, ritual authority, and the symbolic power of coronation ceremonies throughout history.

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Cambridge University Press scholarly study offering the first systematic examination of royal self-coronations from Ancient Persia through to modern times.

Combines narrative, iconographical, and liturgical sources to provide rigorous historical evidence for the prevalence of self-coronations.

Focuses extensively on European kings of the Middle Ages to illustrate how self-coronations functioned within medieval royal ritual.

Challenges the Napoleon myth by demonstrating that his 1804 self-coronation was not an unprecedented break from established coronation traditions.

Authored by Jaume Aurell to provide authoritative analysis of how self-coronations were viewed and accepted within historical contexts.

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Release Date
11 June 2020
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09 January 2020

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