Abstract
This article examines enthronement as a rite of inauguration in early Rus in the tenth to twelfth centuries, and what the practice of enthronement suggests in terms of the earliest mechanics of princely power in Rus. Enthronement is represented as a key constitutive act by the chronicles of Rus, which were composed by churchmen in the monasteries of Rus. Although the chronicles present the princes of Rus and their acts according to a Christian and Byzantine literary framework, the practices of power described suggest links with other cultural spheres, such as medieval Scandinavia. The chronicles of Rus thus incorporate practices and symbols of power referenced in the sagas and represented by artefacts, which may have reflected local practices in Rus.
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