The Coronation Chair and Stone of Scone: History, Archaeology and Conservation

by Warwick Rodwell

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Constructed in 1297 1300 for King Edward I, the Coronation Chair ranks amongst the most remarkable and precious treasures to have survived from the Middle Ages. It incorporated in its seat a block of sandstone, which the king seized at Scone, following his victory over the Scots in 1296. For centuries, Scottish kings had been inaugurated on this symbolic 'Stone of Scone', to which a copious mythology had also become attached. Edward I presented the Chair, as a holy relic, to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey, and most English monarchs since the fourteenth century...Read more
  • ISBN10 1782971521
  • ISBN13 9781782971528
  • Publish Date 2 June 2013
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Oxbow Books
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 320
  • Language English