FRANCE'S EXCEPTIONAL NUMBER OF ROYAL ENTRY IMAGES...

REVEAL THE IMPORTANCE OF ITS MONARCHY  

Most of the illustrations one finds on the web are French: The first date from the mid-15th century, when kingship emerged stronger after the Hundred Years' War. 

• Louis VII enters Constantinople

   Arrival of the Crusaders in Constantinople by Jean Fouquet, toward 1455 / zoom

 

• Entries in provincial towns*

*Stendhal's chapter The King in "The Red and the Black" (1830) describes the excitement and intrigues when the king visits a provincial town in the 1820's.

   Entry of Charles VII in Toulouse in 1441 / zoom

   Entry of Louis XIV in Toulouse, October 14, 1659 / zoom (please scroll down )

Nautical show after the Entry of Henry II to Rouen on October 1, 1550 / zoom

• Entries in Paris

             Entry of Isabeau of Bavaria by Jean Fouquet, mid-15th century / zoom

Jousts in Paris at the Entry of Isabelle of Bavaria on August 22, 1389, detail, Froissart's Chronicles / zoom (please scroll down)

Entry of Francis I of France and of Cardinal Farnese into Paris in 1540 by Taddeo Zuccari, 1559 / zoom

Notice the white horse, symbol of heroism...

Sketch of the work above / zoom

...and the nude warrior, symbol of the gods, so of nobility.

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The attempt to restore traditional monarchy and nobles' power* brought the entries' return:

*The Restoration, 1815-1830

• The Pope's visit 

Entry of the Pope Pius VII to Paris in 1819, Marc Gaillard archives (unpublished)

• Charles X's coronation 

Entry of Charles X to Paris by the la Villette Gate after his Coronation by Louis-François Lejeune, 1825 / zoom with an analysis in French 

The royal entries lead to remembering the obvious,

that parades unite around a message. 

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Next,

Parading down rue Saint-Denis