Death and the Crown: Ritual and Politics in France Before the Revolution - Couverture souple

Byrne, Anne

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1526160765 ISBN 13 : 9781526160768

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2022

Synopsis

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 ritual studies and appraises the situation of the monarchy in the 1770s, including the recall of the parlements and the many ways people engaged with royal ritual. It answers questions such as whether Louis XV died in fear of damnation, why Marie Antoinette was not crowned in 1775 and why Louis XVI's coronation was not held in Paris. This lively, accessible text is a useful tool for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching which will also be of interest to specialists on this under-researched period.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Anne Byrne is a former British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, now Honorary Research Fellow, at Birkbeck, University of London

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1526160765
• ISBN 13: 9781526160768
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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