The Royal Touch in Early Modern England

Release on 2015 | by Stephen Brogan

The survival of the royal touch after the Reformation, and the resources that were required to make it more Protestant, are testament to its importance. The significance of the ceremony was three-fold: it projected monarchical authority ...

The Royal Touch in Early Modern England
  • Author: Stephen Brogan
  • Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
  • ISBN: 9780861933372
  • Category: History
  • Page: 265
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The Royal Touch in Early Modern England

First modern analysis of the custom of the "royal touch" in the Tudor and Stuart reigns.

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