EXC 2060 B3-18 - Consecration of Colours – on the dynamics of religious-political entanglement 1750-1850

Keywords: religion; politics; consecration of colours; military; militia; ritual
Period: 2019 – 2025
Status: In Process
Funding Source: DFG - Cluster of Excellence
Project Number: EXC 2060/1

Description
The consecration of Colours was one of the common rituals in early modern and modern military units and civilian formations (militia). The project deals (in a comparison oft two regions) with the interdependence of religious and political concepts in the consecration ceremonies and their change during the period 1750-1850.
Persons
- Prof. Dr. Michael Hecht
  Juniorprofessur für Westfälische und Vergleichende Landesgeschichte (13. – 18. Jahrhundert) (Prof. Hecht)
  Domplatz 20-22
  48143 Münster
  michael.hecht@uni-muenster.de
  Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
  Johannisstr. 1
  48143 Münster
  michael.hecht@uni-muenster.de