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
Status
Finished
Funding Source
DFG - Cluster of Excellence
Project Number
EXC 2060/1
Type of Funding
Unknwon Project Type
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.
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