ABSTRACT
This part introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters. The part demonstrates that resonates across history and one that has arguably become ever more necessary in a modern age with an increasingly mediatized and politicized public who have unprecedented access to royalty. It explores the differing opinions on, and the reception of, the continuing coronation ceremonies in the then unified realms of Norway and Sweden from 1814 to 1905 and beyond. The part describes the manner in which monarchs themselves used royal travel beyond their realm to represent power and shape, particularly domestic, identity in the sixteenth century. It offers a comparison between two quite different monarchs’ use and purpose of travel beyond their kingdoms with a particular focus on its importance to the exercise of domestic authority. The part looks at two models of kingship, both of which are central to manhood: that of the father and the warrior.
