03191oam 22006134a 450 991081498500332120230823004901.01-5261-4332-11-5261-5053-01-5261-4331-310.7765/9781526143310(CKB)4100000010103177(OCoLC)1136610672(MdBmJHUP)muse82599(MiAaPQ)EBC6020321(DE-B1597)660373(DE-B1597)9781526143310(EXLCZ)99410000001010317720191107d2020 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDeath and the crown ritual and politics in France before the Revolution /Anne ByrneManchester :Manchester University Press,[2020]©20201 online resource (ix, 249 pages) illustrationsStudies in modern French and Francophone history1-5261-6076-5 1-5261-4330-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 ConclusionLooking 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 status 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 under- and post-graduate teaching which will also be of interest to specialists on this under-researched period.Studies in modern French history.National characteristics, FrenchEarly works to 1800Political cultureFranceHistory18th centuryRegaliaFranceHistoryRites and ceremoniesFranceHistoryFranceCourt and courtiersHistory18th centuryFranceHistoryBourbons, 1589-1789FrancePolitics and government18th centuryNational characteristics, FrenchEarly works to 1800.Political cultureHistoryRegaliaHistory.Rites and ceremoniesHistory.944.361034Byrne Anne(Historian)aut1662551MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910814985003321Death and the crown4019318UNINA