Template:Did you know nominations/Coronation of the Byzantine emperor
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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 02:39, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
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Coronation of the Byzantine emperor
- ... that the last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos, was never formally crowned? Source: Nicol 1992, pp. 36–37
- ALT1: ... that the late antique custom of raising a new emperor on a shield was reintroduced into Byzantine coronation ritual in the 13th century? Source: Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium 1991, "Shield-raising" (M. McCormick), p. 1888
- ALT2: ... that although several Byzantine emperors were proclaimed outside Constantinople, they chose to repeat the coronation ritual in the city to ensure their legitimacy? Source: Examples given by Charanis 1941, pp. 60–64 and listed in the article.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Spyridon Marinatos
- Comment: For ALT1, the following image can be used instead: File:Coronation of a Byzantine co-emperor on a shield, Madrid Skylitzes.jpg, with the caption 'Depiction of a Byzantine emperor being raised on a shield during his coronation, from the Madrid Skylitzes manuscript'
Improved to Good Article status by Cplakidas (talk). Self-nominated at 10:36, 26 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Coronation of the Byzantine emperor; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
: Article is long enough and GA nominated within the window. Generally looks in great shape, having recent passed GAN, and I can identify no issues that would keep it from the main page. ALT0 looks great to me; it's a distillation of what's in the article, but I'm happy that the key point is there and that it's going to be interesting to a broad audience. QPQ done; offline source accepted in good faith. UndercoverClassicist T·C 13:32, 27 October 2023 (UTC)