A PAGAN KING? Anglo-Saxon roots of Charles III Coronation Ceremony

His Majesty Charles III, King of the United Kingdom, will be crowned in May 2023 in a ritual which is nearly 1050 years old! The British monarchy and the ritual of coronation both have their origins in Anglo-Saxon England and its pagan kings who claimed descent from the King of the gods - Woden who the Vikings called Odin. In this video you will learn all the pagan elements that have survived in the modern coronation ritual - some of which date back to Ancient Rome! Use code JIVE10 to get 10% off a title from Established Titles. Click here This channel depends on your support: SubscribeStar: Telegram: Patreon: All Links: Music in order: Elegiac - Odin US army string band - Rule Britannia Wolcensmen - Sunne remix Borg - Valborgs Vals Simon Jacobs - Ad Victoriam Sir Cubworth - The Throne Room Aaron Kenny - A Baroque letter Ormgård - Séta Doug Maxwell - Bansure raga Kevin MacLeod - Rites Kevin MacLeod - Master of the Feast Xurius - Steppe expansion Art: Raven god by Christian Sloan Hall Sky father by Andrew Whyte Wartooth Viking by Christian Sloan Hall Odin and Sleipnir by Christopher Steininger Odin and dead by Christian Sloan Hall Hengist and Horsa by Graman Sources: Chaney, William, The Cult of Kingship in Anglo-Saxon England: The Transition from Paganism to Christianity, (Manchester University Press: 1970) Dumville, David. N., ’Kingship, Genealogies and Regnal Lists’ in Early medieval kingship, P.H. Sawyer & I.N. Wood (eds), (Leeds: 1977). Eliade, M. ‘The Myth of the Eternal Return’ (1954). Faulkes, A., Six papers on The Prose Edda: Descent from the gods. 2nd ed, (Viking society for northern research: 2007). HENRY MAYR- HARTING, ’The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England, (3rd ed. Philadelphia, 1991) Bath Press. Rowsell, T., “Woden and his Roles in Anglo-Saxon Royal Genealogy”, University College London, (2012). 00:00 Introduction 01:05 Anglo-Saxon origins of British monarchy 03:58 Established Titles 05:31 Descended from a God 09:47 Divine rule 11:36 Christian kingship 12:40 The Crown 14:30 The Royal Sceptre 15:36 The Orb of the Sovereign 16:53 Anglo-Saxon coronation ceremony 18:22 END
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