Abstract
NOW that the coronation of His Majesty King George VI is a thing of the past, it is possible to take stock of the more immediate results which have emerged. Among these not the least impressive is the manner in which it has been emphasized on all sides, as never before, that this ceremonial has a living meaning for the peoples of the British Empire. It has been, in fact, from first to last, and not merely on one day and within the Abbey walls, a solemn act of mutual dedication between king and people. In this unprecedented appreciation of the solemnity of the occasion, science has played no small part by the application of its resources to meet the needs of the occasion, especially in methods of record and transmission of news, and more particularly by the manner in which the general public has been enabled to participate in the varied ceremonial and pageantry through the development of wireless telephony and the cinematograph.
A History of the English Coronation
By Prof. P. E. Schramm Translated by Leopold G. Wickham Legg. Pp. xv + 283. (Oxford: Clarendon Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1937.) 12s. 6d. net.
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A History of the English Coronation. Nature 140, 5–6 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140005a0
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