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This article reassesses the Second English Coronation Ordo in the light of its relationship to Carolingian sources. The dependence of the Ordo on a distinctive West Frankish source, here termed the Leiden Ordo, has many...

English literature Latin language literature 400-1099 Old English period prose religious prose coronation Athelstan King of the West Saxons and Mercians(895-939) coronation rites Charles III King of France(879-929) folk rituals rites England France