The coronation of King Henry IV of England, 1399.


The coronation of King Henry IV (1367–1413) of England, 1399. The king is crowned by bishops in Westminster Abbey, while pages hold his coat of arms, helm and sword. Handcoloured lithograph after an illuminated manuscript from Sir John Froissart's "Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV," George Routledge, London, 1868.


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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
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