The Princely Stone (German: Fürstenstein ; words. Knežji kamen ) is the inverted basement of an antique Ionic column from the Zollfeld Valley , which played a key role in the ceremony of wedding to the throne of the dukes of Carinthia and, presumably, the rulers of one of the earliest Slavic states - Quarantine .
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Intronization Ceremonial
The ceremony began with the fact that a peasant was sitting on a stone, possibly symbolizing a people . When the candidate for the ducal throne approached, he dressed him in a peasant dress, handed him a staff, or a rod, and allowed him to climb a stone with a drawn sword in his hand. [one]
The future duke had to turn to all four directions of the world. After that, he was led to coronation in the cathedral church of Maria Zal , after which he could take his place on the stone throne, which still stands on the Gossevetsky field .
The apparent antiquity of the ceremonial suggests that the rulers of Quarantania were elected to the kingdom in the same way. The stone itself comes from the ruins of Virunum , the main city of the Roman province of Norik , which, under the name Krnski Castle, served as the capital of Quarantania (now the Zollfeld Valley in Austria).
The first duke, whose election on the princely stone preserved the testimony of his contemporaries, - Henry II . His descendants ordered that the coat of arms of Carinthia be painted on the surface of the stone. The last time the ceremony was held in 1414 . [one]
Historical shadows
In 1862, the stone as a historical relic was transferred from the valley to the regional parliament building in Klagenfurt . Then he exhibited at the local museum until Governor Jörg Haider ordered him in 2006 to return him to the parliament building.
The image of the Princely Stone was on the first banknotes of an independent Slovenia sample 1991-1992. By this the Slovenian government tried to trace the continuity of the Slovenian and quarantine state, which caused protests of the Austrian patriots. [2] Currently, the stone can be seen on Slovenian coins with a nominal value of 2 eurocent.
The enthronement ceremony of the dukes of Carinthia was described in detail by the medieval chronicler John of Victring . In the Renaissance, the description was repeated in the book of Jean Boden Six livres de la Republique . There is a point of view that since this book was read by Thomas Jefferson , the quarantine rite of electing a prince influenced the inauguration ceremony. [3] [4]
See also
- Scone stone
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Google Books, Royal inauguration in Gaelic Ireland . The appeal date is June 14, 2009.
- ↑ Google books, Austrian foreign policy in the historical context . The appeal date is June 14, 2009.
- ↑ Google books, Flavors of Slovenia . The appeal date is June 14, 2009.
- ↑ Google books, Slovenia and the Slovenes Neopr . The appeal date is June 14, 2009.