Ordines Coronationis Franciae, Volume 1 : Texts and Ordines for the Coronation of Frankish and French Kings and Queens in the Middle Ages

The __ordines coronationis__ are essentially the scripts for the coronation of Frankish and French sovereigns. Combining detailed religious, ceremonial, and political material, they are an extraordinarily important source for the study of individual rulers or dynasties, as well as for the study of kingship, queenship, and the evolution of political institutions. Complete in two volumes, Richard A. Jackson's is the first full edition of these texts, including all the __ordines__ from the early thirteenth century through the end of the fifteenth century, a period during which the texts shift from Latin to the vernacular, and the institutions of kingship become distinctively French. Contents 7 Preface 9 Abbreviations and Frequently Cited Works 13 General Introduction 15 The Selection of Texts 18 The Manuscript Sources 25 Nature and Problems of the Editions 29 The Development of the Ceremony 35 Reliability of the Ordines 46 Presentation of the Edition 52 General Principles of the Edition 55 Abbreviations 61 Individual Letters 61 Texts of the Ordines 63 Ordo 65 I. Royal Texts in the Sacramentary of Gellone—790–800 65 II. Royal Texts in the Sacramentary of Angoulême—ca. 800 69 III. Royal Texts in the Collection of Sankt Emmeram— 824–827 80 IV. Royal Texts in the Benedictional of Freising—before 900 83 V. Marriage and Coronation Ordo of Judith—856 87 VI. Ordo of Ermentrude—866 94 VII. Ordo of Charles the Bald—869 101 VIII. Ordo of Louis the Stammerer—877 124 IX. Royal Texts in the Sacramentary of Saint-Thierry— 878 (in part) 138 X. Petitio and Promissio of Carloman—882 144 XI. Texts Concerning the First Coronation of Eudes—888 147 XII. First Set of Royal Texts in the Second Sacramentary of Tours—ca. 900 or earlier 153 XIII. Erdmann Ordo—ca. 900 156 XIV. Ordo of Eleven Forms—900–950 168 XV. Ratold Ordo—ca. 980 182 XVI. Royal Ordo in Cologne Dombibliothek 141—1000–1050 215 XVIIA. Memorandum of Philip I's Coronation—1059 231 XVIIB. French Translations of the Memorandum of Philip I's Coronation—1555–66, 1825, 1951, 1969 247 XVIII. Ordo of Saint-Bertin—ca. 1150–1200 254 XIX. Ordo of 1200—ca. 1200 262 Works Cited 283 The ordines coronationis are essentially the scripts for the coronation of Frankish and French sovereigns. Combining detailed religious, ceremonial, and political material, they are an extraordinarily important source for the study of individual rulers or dynasties, as well as for the study of kingship, queenship, and the evolution of political institutions. Complete in two volumes, Richard A. Jackson's is the first full edition of these texts, including all the ordines from the early thirteenth century through the end of the fifteenth century, a period during which the texts shift from Latin to the vernacular, and the institutions of kingship become distinctively French.