I thought it’s just because the british empire is like a plague that’s spreading everywhere…
I know this is probably a joke, but Crowns have been around for longer than Britain.
yeah I know, crowns have been there since prehistoric times. I guess it’s just the easiest way to signify authority.
If you think in English, you’ve been mind-colonised before you’re even self aware.
Honestly, it makes perfect sense to me, but that’s probably because I have astigmatism.
We’ve seen the head as the seat of intellect for millennia, and glowing things (the sun, moon, and stars) have always been endowed with mystical and miraculous properties.
Glowing things look like pointy rings if you squint or have impaired vision. Combine those simple concepts – pointy glowing wreath on the head – and you get a crown.
(And earlier renditions were just gold wreaths, often made of leaves, like the Roman laurels.)
You mean this is how our ancestors intended it to be:
Be not afraid
Yeah, “divine rule” or whatever the word
It makes perfect sense and is wrong. OP is wrong. His assumption has no source bc its simply not true
I think you are letting yourself get fooled by the English word “coronation”. Because while it is true that coronation ceremonies are pretty universal, they mostly didn’t involve any actual coronation or crowns, which are mostly specific to the Western world for known historical reasons.
Does everyone in the comments know this is true or just assume its true? OP please share sources for the rest of us.
There is no source bc it is wrong. East Asian countries for example oftentimes didnt have a crown like equivalent hat with same importance.
Chinese empires for example saw the robe as much more important. Usurpers would be indicated by having a emperor robe, not crown. And there are other symbols. All of them more important than the emperor hat
Did the Mongols have crowns too?
Not really. Asian nations obviously also had hats but they werent as significant as a crown.
Chinese empires would punish people for wearing golden robes as it indicates a rebel trying to usurp the throne. Nobody really talks about the hat.
There are other symbols similarly to the globe apple of Holy Roman Empire of Germans and England.
Mongols were heavily influenced by chinese culture even though they have significant differences. Mongols did adopt foreign customs though so Mongols in the west did adopt crowns to signal authority over the new subjects. But in Yuan Dynasty and in Mongolia the hat wasnt as important as a crown.
