page_title: Hoop crown
hierarchical_section_title: Hoop crown
caption_attribution_description: English: Aachen, Germany. Reliquiary of Charlemagne in Aachen cathedral treasure. Deutsch: Aachen, Deutschland. Karlsbüste in der Aachener Domschatzkammer.
context_page_description: A hoop crown, arched crown, or closed crown, is a crown consisting of a "band around the temples and one or two bands over the head". First used by the Carolingian dynasty, hoop crowns became increasingly popular among royal dynasties in the Late Middle Ages, and the dominant type of crown in the Modern Era.
context_section_description: A hoop crown (German: Bügelkrone or Spangenkrone, Latin: faislum), arched crown, or closed crown, is a crown consisting of a "band around the temples and one or two bands over the head". First used by the Carolingian dynasty, hoop crowns became increasingly popular among royal dynasties in the Late Middle Ages, and the dominant type of crown in the Modern Era.
caption: Hoop crown on the late Gothic Bust of Charlemagne, Aachen Cathedral Treasury
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