Li coronemenz Looïs

The first modern critical edition of the text was published in 1888 by Ernest Langlois under the title Le Couronnement de Louis.

The story begins with the aging emperor preparing to abdicate the throne to his fifteen-year-old son.

When the emperor dies, to the spontaneous ringing of bells, Arnéïs d'Orléans assumes the reins of government until the young prince has come of age; Louis meanwhile abides at the court of Guillaume d'Orange.

Guillaume soon embarks on a pilgrimage to Rome with the young Louis and there they find the city besieged by Saracens.

As it was composed during the reign of Louis VII of France, who was for most of his life without a male heir, the politics behind the story's strong emphasis on the hereditary nature of kingship is partial to the Capetian.