 In the Byzantine Empire, the "basilikos logos" was a formal panegyric for an emperor delivered on an important occasion.The custom of panegyrics addressed to monarchs was revived in the Baroque period, though there do exist Renaissance examples such as Bruni's Laudatio florentinae urbis to Florence of 1403, and Erasmus's "Panegyricus", first published in 1504.Thus, in 1660, several panegyrics were published by English poets in honour of Charles II of England coming to power.