Medieval Origins of Coronations
Gone Medieval
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The Coronation Oath and Charters
Ceremony refers to the king being giving a staff and a helmet rather than a crown which is placed on his head by the bishops. It also describes the core parts of a monarch's duty at the end. Something we'll see emerging more fully in later centuries. When the coronation oath becomes a core part of the service it harks back to the Anglo-Saxon principles outlined in the ninth century. This 11th century coronation order may well have been used for the two coronations in 1066 of Harold Godwinson and William the Conqueror.
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