Death and the crown : ritual and politics in France before the Revolution /
Looking at royal ritual in pre-revolutionary France, Death and the crown examines the deathbed and funeral of Louis XV in 1774, the lit de justice of November 1774, and the coronation of Louis XVI, including the ceremony of the royal healing touch for scrofula. It reviews the state of the field in r...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press
2020.
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| Series: | Studies in modern French and Francophone history.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvv417wg |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Ceremony in history
- The deathbed ceremonies of Louis XV, May 1774
- The funeral of Louis XV, July 1774
- The lit de justice of November 1774
- 'Le roi se fait sacré': preparing the coronation, 1774-75
- 'Vive le roi!': the coronation of Louis XVI, 11 June 1775
- 'Le roi te touche': the coronation and the king's healing touch
- Conclusion.