# Edgar is crowned at Bath (973)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/973-edgar-is-crowned-at-bath
Categories: ruler-change

King Edgar's elaborate coronation ceremony projected a unified and sacral English monarchy. Within the broader Vikings & Unification period, Scandinavian invasion and settlement transformed the political map while Wessex and its allies built the institutions of a unified English kingdom. This event is placed at AD 973 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. Later English coronation traditions drew heavily on the form developed in his reign.

## Why it matters
Later English coronation traditions drew heavily on the form developed in his reign.

Ruler at the time: [Edgar the Peaceful](https://english-history.com/rulers/edgar-the-peaceful)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Edgar is crowned at Bath](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Edgar+is+crowned+at+Bath&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Edgar is crowned at Bath](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Edgar+is+crowned+at+Bath)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history_%28before_1000%29)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica — Viking Britain topic search](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Viking%20Britain)