This collection is devoted to one of the mysteries of religious creativity of the peoples of the world in the political history of pre-industrial societies - an idea of the sacred nature of supreme political power. Partially recreated version of the Christian sacralization of the sovereign on the European continent The complex and heterogeneous image of the monarch is reproduced , in the person of which were merged his essence of an ordinary person , Passionate , Disease and death , Governor , Public Purpose , and faces, by the grace of God. The sacred and legal legitimation of power, rituals and symbols of coronation procedures, anointing, funerals and the mythology of power in political thought and art are considered. These problems are considered in the collection in the context of historical anthropology. When working on the publication, new written sources were used, "material signs" of power - medals and regalia, iconography and painting. For specialists engaged in research in the field of mediaeval studies, universal history, Byzantineology, comparative theology, the history of the Russian Church, hagiology, church art, certain aspects of religious philosophy, philosophy of history, social studies . For religious scholars, culturologists, psychologists . The publication can be used as additional educational and scientific material for teachers, pupils and students of theological educational institutions, for students and postgraduates of theological universities and faculties . The PDF file is interactive.