Dei gratia rex Sicilie: Scene d'incoronazione divina nell'iconografia regia normanna Dei gratia rex Sicilie: Scenes of Divine Coronation in the Norman Royal Iconography

• Main Author: Mirko Vagnoni (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: Italian
• Published: FedOA - Federico II University Press 2017
• Series: Regna: Testi e studi su istituzioni, cultura e memoria del Mezzogiorno medievale
• Subjects: The arts; Royal Iconography; Basilica of St.Nicholas in Bari; Church of St. Mary of the Admiral in Palermo; Royal Portrait; William II; Normans; Roger II; Kingodom of Sicily; Representation of Power; Cathedral of Monreale
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Following Percy Ernst Schramm's studies on Staatssymbolik, historians have in general considered medieval royal portraits as images mirroring medieval notions of power and political ideology that can legitimate power and strengthen admiration of the king. This interpretation has also had a cruc...