Investiture

'... will doubtless enjoy wide public as well as scholarly appeal ... the book will make a signal contribution to [the] historical literature ... and will spark some lively debate.' Professor Aled Gruffydd Jones, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Wales Aberystwyth ' - pioneering, highly readable volume. From cover to cover the volume is a stimulating, engaging, enjoyable read.' J. Graham Jones, Planet 'At a time when the forms and functions of public ceremonies have attracted the recent attention of several historians preoccupied with cultural change, the appearance of this pioneering, highly readable volume is especially timely.' J. Graham Jones, Planet 194