Inauguration and Liturgical Kingship in the Long Twelfth Century

Offers a revisionist angle to the question of sacral kingship, showing the continued importance of liturgical ceremonial in the twelfth century and onward. Shortlisted for the 2020 Whitfield Prize The long twelfth century heralded a fundamental transformation of monarchical power, which became increasingly law-based and institutionalised. Traditionally this modernisation ofkingship, in conjunction with the ecclesiastical reform movement, has been seen as sounding the death knell for sacral kings