Produced by deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) The Cambridge Handbooks of Liturgical Study GENERAL EDITORS: H. B. SWETE, D.D. J. H. SRAWLEY, D.D. CORONATION RITES CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS C. F. CLAY, MANAGER London: FETTER LANE, E.C. Edinburgh: 100 PRINCES STREET [Illustration] New York: G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS Bombay, Calcutta and Madras: MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD. Toronto: J. M. DENT AND SONS, LTD. Tokyo: THE MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHA _All rights reserved_ [Illustration: 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 of Liturgical Study_ is to offer to students who are entering upon the study of Liturgies such help as may enable them to proceed with advantage to the use of the larger and more technical works upon the subject which are already at their service. The series will treat of the history and rationale of the several rites and ceremonies which have found a place in Christian worship, with some account of the ancient liturgical books in which they are contained. Attention will also be called to the importance which liturgical forms possess as expressions of Christian conceptions and beliefs. Each volume will provide a list or lists of the books in which the study of its subject may be pursued, and will contain a table of Contents and an Index. The editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed in the several volumes of the series. While offering suggestions on points of detail, they have left each writer to treat his subject in his own way, regard being had to the general plan and purpose of the series. H. B. S. J. H. S. PREFACE While it is hoped that this book may prove of service to those who wish to study the history and structure of the Coronation Rite, it will be evident that a subject so large can only be treated, in the space at my disposal, in outline. Those who wish for more detailed information must be referred to the texts themselves.