London Socialist Historians Summer Term Seminars 2023
Recording of Keith Flett: The Coronation. Inventing and Reinventing Royal Traditions.
This seminar was given at the Institute of Historical Research on Monday 15th May
Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger argued that all traditions are invented and the British monarchy have been experts at it for centuries.
The seminar looks at what is real and what is invented in the Coronation of a monarch and grapples with what this means for an understanding of British history beyond patriotic posing
Apologies, I signed up for this event and I was unable to attend due unforeseen circumstances. Many thanks making the recording of the meeting available.