MOC Religion and Church
Faith as a force in warfare, politics, daily life, and the making of heroes.
Subdomains
- Institutional_Religion_Index — Church of England, Catholic Church, Islam, their political and military roles
- Religion_And_War_Index — chaplains, last rites, crusading ideology, holy war justifications, morale
- Religion_And_State_Index — church-state relationships, oaths of loyalty, de-Christianization
- Popular_Belief_Index — superstition at sea, omens, sailors’ rituals, folk religion
- Mythology_Sacred_Figures_Index — how figures like Nelson get sanctified in public memory
Key Notes
- Nelson’s Prayer Before Trafalgar — Text, Context, and Providential Belief — first religion note; night before Trafalgar
- St Paul’s Cathedral — London — first filled institutional-religion note; crypt burial only
- Nelson’s Phantom Limb — Belief in the Soul — first filled popular-belief note; soul belief only
- Nelson’s State Funeral — Body Brought Home — first filled religion-and-state note; brandy-cask return only
- Nelson State Funeral — 9 January 1806 — date only; overflow
- Nelson as National Saint — Trafalgar Myth — first filled mythology-sacred-figures note; sanctification only