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020			_a9780008550066 _qhardback
020			_a9780008606992 _qtrade paperback
035			_a(OCoLC)1347734134
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100	1		_aStrong, Roy, _d1935- _eauthor. _997567
245	1	0	_aCoronation : _ba history of the British monarchy / _cRoy Strong.
250			_aUpdated edition.
264		1	_aLondon : _bWilliam Collins, _c2022.
300			_a440 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, photographs (chiefly colour)
336			_atext _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_a"First published in Great Britain in 2005 by Harper Perennial"-- t.p. verso.
505			_a"As a boy of sixteen, Roy Strong watched the grand procession carrying Queen Elizabeth II to her coronation. The spectacle was considered the greatest public event of the century. But now, so many years later, many people have little notion of what a coronation is and are unaware of the rich resonances of the ritual, or its deep significance in terms of the committal of monarch to people. This book is the first of its kind – a comprehensive history that sets each coronation into its political, social, religious and cultural context. The story is one of constant re-invention as the service has had to respond to all the changes in fortune of the monarchy or the country: everything from legitimising usurpers to reconciling a Catholic rite to the tenets of Protestantism. It even had to be recreated from scratch after the Restoration of Charles II in 1660. In this way, Strong tells the story of the British monarchy since the tenth century, and looks forward to the coronation of King Charles III. The musical history alone is one of extraordinary richness – involving Henry Purcell, Handel, Edward Elgar, William Walton – plus the celebratory poetry, the art and the spectacular engravings published at coronations are all explored, as is the more recent role of photographers. The book particularly concentrates on post-1603 developments, including the incredible story of the Stuarts, when the crown jewels used for hundreds of years at coronations were melted down as symbols of the hated Divine Right of Kings. As Charles III succeeds to the throne and preparations are made for his coronation, Strong speculates as to the revisions now called for to its ritual and pageantry to meet the changes in the role of the monarchy in the twenty-first century."-- _rTaken from dust jacket.
650		0	_aCoronations _zGreat Britain _xHistory. _927803
650		0	_aMonarchy _zGreat Britain _xHistory. _940108
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xKings and rulers. _916187
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