The coronation of Napoleon as King of Italy, which took place in Milan in 1805, is a form of political communication that uses the languages and symbolic codes of representation, which concern space, time and action. It manifests the public affirmation of a new order of powers and the visibility of the Emperor in the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. Napoleon's ministers constructed the ceremony by interweaving political and religious rituals, with the aim of highlighting the relationship between imperial power and the Church of Rome. The coronation was therefore an essential stage in the process of Napoleon's sacralisation of power.
Carpani, R., Images of royalty at the scene of the Coronation, in Bianchi, A., Cascetta, A. (ed.), Napoleonic Milan. Laboratory of modernity and strategies of representation, Edizioni ETS Pisa, Pisa 2022: 138- 155 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/206265]
Images of royalty at the scene of the Coronation
Carpani, Roberta
Primo
2022
Abstract
The coronation of Napoleon as King of Italy, which took place in Milan in 1805, is a form of political communication that uses the languages and symbolic codes of representation, which concern space, time and action. It manifests the public affirmation of a new order of powers and the visibility of the Emperor in the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. Napoleon's ministers constructed the ceremony by interweaving political and religious rituals, with the aim of highlighting the relationship between imperial power and the Church of Rome. The coronation was therefore an essential stage in the process of Napoleon's sacralisation of power.
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