'A Pattern for a King's Inauguration': The Coronation of James I in England

Review of periodical literature published in 2004

“…In their article, Hoyle and Ramsdale reinterpret Henry VIII's northern progress of 1541 and thwarted meeting with James V, showing it was intended as much to hinder Anglo‐Scots relations as to foster them. Jack (b) has re‐evaluated the ceremonial of James 1's coronation, in order to decode the depth of his commitment to the role, and how far his belief in the monarch's untrammelled power was limited by the constraints of his ‘conscience’. Brayshay’s account of the logistics of the nine‐week journey from Scotland to England by Anne of Denmark, to her husband's coronation in 1603, illuminates the mechanics of another ceremonial projection of royal power.…”