In 17th century France under the absolutism of Louis XIV, the bedchamber became the focal point — physically as well as ideologically — of the palace of Versailles.
On the morning of the king's coronation[3] one of the high-ranking ecclesiastic and one of the high-ranking secular peers of the realm (respectively, usually the archbishop of Laon and the duke of Burgundy; however, this varied depending on the internal politics at the time of the coronation) would arrive at the door of the king's bedchamber in the Palais de Tau (the archiepiscopal palace at Reims).
[4] Monarchial rule in France under the Ancien Régime was autocratic and the king's will was obeyed, by and large, universally in the realm.
In such cases, the king would appear in state and would preside over a ceremony in which he would impose his will on parlement to force registration of the edict.
Additionally, during the Ancien Régime, court etiquette demanded that when one passed in front of the king's bed, reverence had to be paid: women deeply curtsied; men removed their hats and bowed.