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... oath . The Anglo- Saxon kings , from Edgar to Edward the Confessor , had , before being anointed , sworn to preserve the laws and customs of the realm . The oath taken was generally in the following prescribed form : In the name of the ...
... oath . The Anglo- Saxon kings , from Edgar to Edward the Confessor , had , before being anointed , sworn to preserve the laws and customs of the realm . The oath taken was generally in the following prescribed form : In the name of the ...
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... oath . The king was thus not anointed and crowned only , but entered into a contract with the nobles and with the people . The ceremony of the oath was later imitated at some continental coronations . As late as 1825 King Charles X of ...
... oath . The king was thus not anointed and crowned only , but entered into a contract with the nobles and with the people . The ceremony of the oath was later imitated at some continental coronations . As late as 1825 King Charles X of ...
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... Oath that the monarch pledges himself to rule by law . In the ordo of St Dunstan the oath was styled the mandatum regis but in 973 , when Edgar was crowned , it became the promissio regis . Under this solemn oath to God and his people ...
... Oath that the monarch pledges himself to rule by law . In the ordo of St Dunstan the oath was styled the mandatum regis but in 973 , when Edgar was crowned , it became the promissio regis . Under this solemn oath to God and his people ...
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The King as Magician II | 11 |
The King as God | 27 |
The King as Warrior | 47 |
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