%0 Journal Article
%T Pouvoir et religion ¨¤ la chapelle royale de Versailles sous Louis XIV Power and religion at the royal chapel of Versailles under Louis XIV
%A Alexandre Maral
%J Bulletin du Centre de recherche du chateau de Versailles
%D 2007
%I Centre de recherche du ch?teau de Versailles
%R 10.4000/crcv.275
%X D¡¯une mani¨¨re peut ¨ºtre plus sensible que partout ailleurs, les objets et les insignes du pouvoir prennent une importance particuli¨¨re dans le contexte du c¨¦r¨¦monial liturgique de la religion catholique. ¨¤ la chapelle royale de Versailles, la pr¨¦sence r¨¦guli¨¨re du monarque et de sa cour complique encore la situation, d¡¯autant que la desserte est assur¨¦e par deux corps distincts d¡¯eccl¨¦siastiques. D¨¦passant le simple cadre des pr¨¦s¨¦ances, Louis XIV a d¨¦fini autour de sa personne royale un syst¨¨me rituel susceptible d¡¯en manifester le caract¨¨re ¨¦piscopal d¨¦riv¨¦ du sacre. De m¨ºme, l¡¯enjeu juridictionnel repr¨¦sent¨¦ par la Chapelle royale se traduit par un jeu subtil d¡¯attitudes, de gestes et de rites, chor¨¦graphie sacr¨¦e qui accompagne et exprime les revendications des partisans et des adversaires de l¡¯exemption du lieu de culte royal au regard du dioc¨¨se de Paris. Ce discours trouve un ¨¦cho partiel dans le programme d¨¦coratif de la chapelle d¨¦finitive du palais, achev¨¦e en 1710. Objects and symbols of power take on a particular importance in the liturgical ceremony of the Catholic Church, perhaps more so than in any other context. At the royal chapel of Versailles, the regular presence of the king and his court complicated the situation further, all the more so in that religious ceremony was administered by two distinct ecclesiastic bodies. Beyond the rules of precedence, Louis XIV had introduced around his royal persona a system of ritual that would manifest the episcopal identity conferred upon him by his coronation. Similarly, the jurisdictional authority represented by the royal chapel was conveyed in a subtle play of attitudes, gestures and rites, a symbolic choreography that accompanied and expressed the claims of the partisans and adversaries of the exemption of the royal place of worship with regard to the diocese of Paris. This stance was reflected in the decorative scheme of the palace¡¯s final chapel, completed in 1710.
%K Versailles
%K Chapelle royale
%K juridiction eccl¨¦siastique
%K ¨¦vangile
%K encensement
%K registre de catholicit¨¦
%K ¨¦tole
%K troph¨¦e sculpt¨¦
%K croix archi¨¦piscopale
%K croix papale
%U http://crcv.revues.org/275