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Autour de la monarchie
Vol 46 2005/1-2
Le couronnement d’Ivan IV
La conception de l’empire à l’Est de l’Europe
Olga NOVIKOVA
L’article traite le couronnement comme une sorte d’exposé, dans lequel l’élite politique exprime, au moyen du symbole et de l’émotion, un ensemble d’idées complexes touchant aux rapports de la monarchie et du clergé, aux obligations du souverain et aux limites de son pouvoir. L’auteur analyse la signification juridique et politique des insignes, des gestes rituels, des prières, de l’homélie du métropolite. De l’avis d’Olga Novikova, le couronnement jouait le rôle d’une constitution, recréant une image idéalisée de la société, image qui pouvait influencer en retour les pratiques politiques réelles. Au cours de la cérémonie, on énonçait clairement les obligations du tsar, on décrivait ce que pourrait être un monarque idéal, on précisait dans quelles conditions l’empereur cessait d’être un souverain authentique. Le tsar, conclut l’auteur, contractait au cours du rituel toute une série d’obligations en présence de nombreux témoins, mais il n’avait à rendre compte de sa manière de s’en acquitter qu’à un seul d’entre eux : à Dieu qui, croyaient les organisateurs, assistait invisible à la cérémonie.
The coronation of Ivan IV: Conception of the empire in the eastern part of Europe.
In this article, the coronation ceremony is seen as a sort of presentation through symbols and emotions of the political elite’s conception of the relationship between the monarchy and the clergy, the monarch’s obligations, and the limits of his power. The author analyzes the juridical and political meaning of insignia, ritual gestures, prayers, and the metropolitan’s homily. She argues that the coronation played the same role as the constitution by creating an idealized image of society that could exert an influence on actual political practices. During the ceremony, the tsar’s obligations were clearly set forth, a description of the ideal monarch was formulated, and the conditions in which he ceased to be an authentic sovereign were clearly defined. The author concludes that during the ceremony, the tsar contracted a series of obligations in the presence of numerous eyewitnesses but had to account for the way in which he fulfilled them only to God, who, so the organizers thought, was also attending, invisible, the ceremony.
In this article, the coronation ceremony is seen as a sort of presentation through symbols and emotions of the political elite’s conception of the relationship between the monarchy and the clergy, the monarch’s obligations, and the limits of his power. The author analyzes the juridical and political meaning of insignia, ritual gestures, prayers, and the metropolitan’s homily. She argues that the coronation played the same role as the constitution by creating an idealized image of society that could exert an influence on actual political practices. During the ceremony, the tsar’s obligations were clearly set forth, a description of the ideal monarch was formulated, and the conditions in which he ceased to be an authentic sovereign were clearly defined. The author concludes that during the ceremony, the tsar contracted a series of obligations in the presence of numerous eyewitnesses but had to account for the way in which he fulfilled them only to God, who, so the organizers thought, was also attending, invisible, the ceremony.
• Signification du couronnement
• Code symbolique de la cérémonie
— La cérémonie
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