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

Basic data for this project

Type of projectSubproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration at the University of Münster01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period

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.

Keywordsreligion; politics; consecration of colours; military; militia; ritual
Funding identifierEXC 2060/1
Funder / funding scheme
  • DFG - Cluster of Excellence (EXC)

Project management at the University of Münster

Hecht, Michael
Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"

Applicants from the University of Münster

Hecht, Michael
Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"