One of the most famous Imperial coronation ceremonies was that of Napoleon, crowning himself Emperor in the presence of
Pope Pius VII (who had blessed the
regalia), at the
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.Alternate version
Reason
One of the difinitive pictures in any History Textbook: the Coronation of Napoléon Bonaparte as Emperor of the French Empire. This is easily one of the most reconginzed paintings of the French Revolution, and captures the rise of one of history's most influential people.
Comment I don't like the encoding either. Also, although the painting relates to the coronation ceremony of Napoleon, the actual action depicted in the painting is the crowning of
Joséphine de Beauharnais, not of Napoleon himself (that is to say, the caption is incorrect).
Spikebrennan14:35, 12 July 2007 (UTC)reply
One of the most famous Imperial coronation ceremonies was that of Napoleon, crowning himself Emperor in the presence of
Pope Pius VII (who had blessed the
regalia), at the
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.Alternate version
Reason
One of the difinitive pictures in any History Textbook: the Coronation of Napoléon Bonaparte as Emperor of the French Empire. This is easily one of the most reconginzed paintings of the French Revolution, and captures the rise of one of history's most influential people.
Comment I don't like the encoding either. Also, although the painting relates to the coronation ceremony of Napoleon, the actual action depicted in the painting is the crowning of
Joséphine de Beauharnais, not of Napoleon himself (that is to say, the caption is incorrect).
Spikebrennan14:35, 12 July 2007 (UTC)reply