The Cambridge Handbooks of Liturgical Study
General Editors:
- H. B. Swete, D.D.
- J. H. Srawley, D.D.
CORONATION RITES
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The Coronation of Henry I of England
CORONATION RITES
BY
REGINALD MAXWELL WOOLLEY, B.D.
Rector and Vicar of Minting
Examining Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Lincoln
Cambridge:
at the University Press
1915
Cambridge:
PRINTED BY JOHN CLAY, M.A.
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
NOTE BY THE EDITORS
The purpose of The Cambridge Handbooks ofLiturgical Study is to offer to students whoare entering upon the study of Liturgies such helpas may enable them to proceed with advantage tothe use of the larger and more technical works uponthe subject which are already at their service.
The series will treat of the history and rationaleof the several rites and ceremonies which have founda place in Christian worship, with some accountof the ancient liturgical books in which they arecontained. Attention will also be called to theimportance which liturgical forms possess as expressionsof Christian conceptions and beliefs.
Each volume will provide a list or lists of thebooks in which the study of its subject may bepursued, and will contain a table of Contents andan Index.
The editors do not hold themselves responsiblefor the opinions expressed in the several volumesof the series. While offering suggestions on pointsof detail, they have left each writer to treat hissubject in his own way, regard being had to thegeneral plan and purpose of the series.
H. B. S.
J. H. S.
PREFACE
While it is hoped that this book may proveof service to those who wish to study thehistory and structure of the Coronation Rite, it willbe evident that a subject so large can only be treated,in the space at my disposal, in outline. Those whowish for more detailed information must be referredto the texts themselves.
May I also here point out that since the Ritewas pr