Frontmatter -- INTRODUCTION -- I. ORDAINING KINGS: THE POLITICS OF ROYAL RITUAL IN IRELAND CIRCA 700 A.D. -- II. THE COLLECTIO CANONUM HIBERNENSIS AND THE ORIGIN OF ROYAL ANOINTING IN FRANCIA -- III. ORDAINING PIPPIN: POLITICAL PROPAGANDA AND THE RECEPTION OF THE UNCTION CONCEPT IN FRANCIA -- IV. CONCLUSION -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF PERSONAL NAMES AND PLACES